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Katsina begins contact tracing as Daura doctor dies of COVID-19
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Tuesday said that a private medical practitioner in Daura, Dr. Aliyu Yakubu had died of COVID-19.
It was the first death from the disease in the state.
The governor, at a press conference in Katsina, the state capital, said Dr Yakubu travelled to Lagos recently and when he returned, he reported himself at Air Force Hospital, Daura where he died two hours later.
Masari said Yakubu’ s blood sample was taken to Abuja where he was confirmed to have contracted COVID-19.
The late medical practitioner was also said to have hepatitis and hypertension.
He explained that a directive had been issued for all the people that the deceased had contact with to be fished out and their samples sent to either Abuja or Lagos for a laboratory test.
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