No fewer than 18 nurses have tested positive for coronavirus in Kano, the Chairman, Kano State chapter of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives [NANNM], Comrade Ibrahim Maikarfi Muhammad,  said on Wednesday.

Giving the breakdown, the NANNM chairman said nine of the nurses are from National Orthopedic Hospital at Dala; seven are from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital[AKTH] while two from state hospitals.

Muhammad, who appealed to the government to provide frontline health workers – especially nurses – with Personal Protective Equipments [PPEs], said

“86 samples of nurses were taken and results of 18 have indicated that they tested positive.

“Nine of them are from National Orthopedic Hospital, Dala, 7 from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and two from state hospitals.

“Our members needed to be protected as they are ready to support the fight against COVID-19, considering that we are in the forefront of the fight.”

Recalled that the State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association [NMA] through it chairman, Dr. Sunusi Muhammad Bala, had on Tuesday said that it lost one and 32 other doctors tested positive for coronavirus in the state.