35 Almajirai recover from COVID-19 in Kaduna, Healthforbes Media reporting..
Kaduna State have lately experienced a significant progress in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic in the state as the Governor of the state, Mallam Nasir Elrufai, has announced in a tweet via his twitter handle that the State Government has discharged 35 more Coronavirus patients from their respective isolation Centers in the state.
In his tweet, Elrufai made it known that the state has presently,47 active COVID-19 cases.
Governor elrufai tweeted;”35 more patients, all of them almajirai, have been discharged having tested negative. The state now has 47 active COVID-19 cases, having discharged 63 persons and recorded four fatalities.”
The Governor who was the index case in the state,has shown great courage and resilience in curbing the spread of the virus in the state as he has applied various measure such as,imposing ban on any form of religious and social gatherings,total lock down with strict supervision and tight closure of entry borders to the state,which he was seen on a trailer trying to to confirm the goods in it, as series of almajirai importation has been rampant in all the states of the country and it had been a major challenge for the Government of every state.
However,the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC),have apologized to Kaduna Government that the two cases reported on Wednesday from the state were repeated,therefore Kaduna state had a total of 114 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
It added that; “We apologise to the Kaduna state government and we remain committed to ensuring the release of accurate and reliable data”.
As at Thursday,14th day of May, 2020,the Nigeria Center for Disease Control reported that the country has 193 new cases of the COVID-19,making it total of 5162 total confirmed cases, 1,180 total Patients Discharged and 167 deaths.
By Dung Donald Malou