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The Presidential Task Force PTF on COVID-19 has identified the cause of the mysterious deaths reported in Kano, following an investigation conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
The President, Muhammadu Buhari had issued a matching order to the technical team of the Presidential Task Force to unravel the cause of mysterious deaths in Kano and also to contain the spread of the virus in the state.
The leader of the PTF Committee on COVID-19, Dr. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo, speaking with newsmen in Kano on Sunday during the official presentation and handing over of the mobile testing laboratory the Aliko Dangote Foundation donated to Kano government, disclosed that investigation had shown that COVID-19 was responsible for some of the deaths.
Gwarzo listed five reasons to link the mass deaths to COVID-19, among which are the age of the deceased persons, concentration of the people in one place and ‘test we have constructed which have element of COVID-19’.
He said: “Let me inform us that most of the deaths recorded of recent and test carried out showed that coronavirus was the cause.
“So, before the final report which would be ready in the next one week or few days, it is necessary for people of Kano to wake up from their slumber that this is a serious issue.
“It is not a new thing, countries like America, China, Italy, Spain, England, France and others experienced similar mysterious deaths.”
Kano now has a total of 342 COVID-19 cases; the highest after Lagos.
