Kano Index COVID-19 Case Was At Wedding, Jumat

By Supo Giwa

The retired Nigerian ambassador who is Kano State’s index case for COVID-19 attended a wedding, Jumat Service and a private hospital before he was confirmed positive Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said.

The former diplomat willingly offered himself for test following unease after visits to coronavirus hotbeds of Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna it was disclosed.

He returned to Kano on March 25 after his tour.

“Specifically what happened was that, a seventy 75 year old retiree and a former ambassador of the federal republic of Nigeria, he travelled to Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja , he came back to Kano on the 25th March 2020.

“Three days ago, he made a call to our medical team inviting them for him to be tested voluntarily, and the medical team went to his residence, a sample was taken along with nine other samples, it was taken to Abuja and today we got the result that one sample proved positive while nine other samples proved negative.

The patient who is presently receiving treatment under isolation at the Kwanan Dawakin Kudu Isolation Centre.

“It was discovered that he attended marriage ceremony, so a census has been taken of those who came in contact with him and right now they have been pushed and samples of them taken.

“He also aft ended a Friday Mosque prayer last Friday. Those who were in contact with him were identified and their samples are being taken.

“Also when his sample was taken and sent to Abuja, before the result was brought back, he fell sick and he went to a private hospital and Also to a private diagnostic centre. The team has visited the place and I have ordered the closure of that private hospital after adequate census was taken of all those who came in contact with him including the doctors and the nurses and all those who had contact with him. Also the private diagnostic centre which he visited has also been closed down after adequate census has been taken of all those who came in contact with him.

“Also in his house, those who visited him, as well and we learnt that he went to a friend’s house and had dinner, the house owner was requested to make himself available for the test which he did and also made his entire family members available.”

The governor said that efforts to trace all his contacts were presently on the way.

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