‘Kano Almajiri returnees among Kaduna new cases’

TRACKING___KADUNA State government has said one of the almajiri repatriated from Kano State was among those who just tested positive with the Coronavirus.

Health Commissioner Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni confirmed the new cases yesterday, following the earlier announcement by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night.

She said: “The new cases include almajiri who were recently repatriated from Kano.”

Dr. Mohammed-Baloni also confirmed that there were nine active cases in the state.

The commissioner said the contacts of the new cases were being traced so that they could be monitored and tested, if they met the case definition.

According to her, the new patients have been moved to the Infectious Diseases Control Centre (IDCC), the state’s premier isolation centre.

“Our medical professionals are treating them with the same high standards and we wish all our nine active cases speedy recovery,” she said.

Also, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed six new cases in Taraba State.

The new cases were reportedly discovered from the samples taken from patients who were being quarantined at the NYSC Isolation Centre at Sibre.

Governor Darius Ishaku, who confirmed this in a state broadcast yesterday, said the patients were the state’s index cases.

Sokoto State recorded eight new cases.

Commissioner for Health Dr. Muhammadu Ali Inname said the new cases were traced to the first index case.

“We are able to trace 32 contacts to the first index out of which 28 were tested accordingly,” he said.