Jigawa records first COVID-19 death

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Jigawa State has recorded its first coronavirus-related death in Dutse Local Government Area of the state.

The state’s Commissioner for Health and Chairman, Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Abba Zakari, announced this while speaking to newsmen on Thursday in Dutse.

Zakari said the deceased was one of the five patients with confirmed cases of the virus in the state. “Eight out of the 11 samples we have at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital came out. And unfortunately, five of them returned positive.“Immediately we got the result, we evacuated the patients to the isolation centre.“Unfortunately one of the two patients from Dutse that came in very bad condition passed away a few hours later,” Zakari said.

He said to prevent further spread of the virus, the team has begun to trace both primary and secondary contacts of the five cases in the affected LGAs.He added that the government has commenced the distribution of palliative in the lockdown areas to cushion the effects among vulnerable members of the society.

 

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