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A staff of the World Health Organisation WHO and two other persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Bauchi State.
The WHO staff becomes the third official to test positive for the disease after a staff was first confirmed to have the infection on Sunday and another on Tuesday.
The Information Officer of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ibrahim Sani disclosed that the results were received from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC on Thursday night. Adding that the other two cases were Lagos returnees.
“It is true that Bauchi has three new cases. As you know, so far, five patients have recovered and have been discharged.
“With this new development, there are now six active cases in the state with no death.”
This brings the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the state to six, three of whom are officials of World Health Organisation.
