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Governor Abdullahi Gandujeof Kano State has said the curve of coronavirus transmission in the state has been flattened.
Ganduje made this known after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday.
He thanked the President for assisting the state in the fight against the pandemic.
“On COVID-19, I came to thank the president for assisting Kano State with N5 billion to fight the pandemic. That has assisted the state,” he told newsmen.
“We have opened five testing centres which are functional, the curve is now flattened.
“We carried out testing maximally but at the same time the positivity ratio is very low. So, it (COVID-19) is dying down almost on a daily basis. So, I came to thank the president for that assistance.”
The Governor also disclosed that he briefed President Buhari on the security situation in the state.
“We are providing infrastructure for military training in the Falgore Forest in order to prevent the bandits from colonising that particular environment,” he said.
“The infrastructure will include auditorium, houses, dining hall, kitchen, shooting range and many other amenities to enable the military train continuously.”
176 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Tuesday. Kano, however, recorded no new infections.
Total COVID-19 cases in the country now at 57,613 with 48,836 discharged and 1,100 deaths.