No fewer than 34 doctors have contracted coronavirus [Covid-19] in Kano State, the chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association [NMA] in the state has said.
Dr Sanusi Bala, who spoke in a Punch reports, noted that only one doctor has been lost to the dreaded pandemic.
He said that all the 33 other doctors were receiving treatment and would soon be discharged.
Meanwhile, the Chairman Presidential Task Force [PTF] on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has briefed the House of Representatives on steps taking to combat the spread of the disease in Kano.
The SGF on Tuesday, said,
“A key weakness of the Kano COVID-19 response is the lack of adequate manpower for surveillance and contact tracing. The PTF has mobilised resources from across the health sector, including multilaterals, bilaterals, the MDAs and the private sector, to push through an accelerated expansion of the rapid response team from 21 to 50.”
“Working with partners, we are establishing at least one sample collection centre and two facilitators per local government area. In addition to a seven-day motorised campaign across major urban areas in Kano. We have mobilised about 3,300 informants through the WHO (World Health Organisation)/polio programme for house-to-house search and reporting of suspected cases.
“The Federal government will in due course announce significant additional material and technical resources to complement the state government’s efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Kano.”
