Coronavirus
JUST IN: Kano records first COVID-19 case
Kano State has recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 case.
A top government official said the patient is a retired technocrat, who returned from Lagos.
Governor Abdullahi Umar is reported to be in a crucial meeting with health officials to inform the public officially.
The said COVID-19 patient travelled from Lagos to Abuja and finally landed in Kano.
He was diagnosed at the reactivated COVID-19 laboratory test centre at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital where he tested positive.
He is said to have moved to the isolation centre in Kwanar Dawaki, Kano
The source further said an investigation is on for contact tracing.
Details shortly…