Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says there is no
evidence yet that the mass deaths occuring in Kano state are caused by
COVID-19.
Ehanire, who was addressing the house of representatives on
Tuesday, said the process to ascertain the cause of the deaths is still
ongoing.
Since recording its first case of the disease on April 11,
Kano has been experiencing strange deaths which the state government attributed
to other causes but COVID-19.
Sani Gwarzo, coordinator of the presidential task force on
COVID-19 in the state, later told reporters on Sunday that “we are successful
in identifying what the problems are.”
“Let me inform us that most of the deaths recorded of recent
and tests carried out showed that coronavirus was the cause,” he was quoted as
saying.
“So, before the final report which will be ready in the next
one week or few days, it is necessary for the people of Kano to wake up from
their slumber that this is a serious issue.”
Addressing the lawmakers, Ehanire said investigations into
the deaths in the state are of three streams and there is no result yet linking
them to COVID-19.
“That test is still going on, and there are no results,” he
said.
“There was never a case of him (the task force coordinator)
saying 80 percent of people died from that or any other disease at all.
“The person did not ever say that the people died from
coronavirus.”
He added that 95 percent of the cases in the state are in
about seven municipal councils, making it more necessary to restrict movements.
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