Nine (9) COVID19 sample collection centers has been set up by Kano sate government
In an interview with News Agency of
Nigeria, Dr. Tijjani Hussaini, the Coordinator, COVID-19 Technical Response
Team confirmed that Kano State Government has set up nine COVID-19 sample
collection centers to boost detection and quick response to the pandemic.
He further stated that eight of the centers
were set up in the Kano metropolis while one other was established in Rano
Local Government Area (LGA). Ten more sample collection centers will soon be
put in place, bringing the number to 19 in the state.
Hussaini said; We are also engaging
voluntary mobilizes in the LGAs to enhance active case search at the
grassroots. The plan is to set up one sample collection centre in each of the
44 LGAs,” he said.
He made it known that the Nigeria
Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has opened three functional molecular
laboratories. Also Dangote Foundation and ’54gene’ donated a mobile laboratory
at the Muhammadu Buhari Hospital, Giginyu.
The laboratories have a 650 test
capacity per day while plans are under way to increase the capacity to between
1, 300 and 1, 500 per day.
The coordinator added that the state
government had trained health workers on Infection, Prevention and Control
(IPC), to protect them against contracting the disease.
Some of the infection recorded among
health workers is linked to lack of knowledge on how to protect themselves
against infections. We have quickly turned around the tide and the health
workers in isolation discharged,” he said.
On the number of confirmed COVID-19
cases, Hussaini said most of the cases were reported in the Kano metropolis
while at least one case of the virus was registered in 31 LGAs.
The coordinator added that the state
government had stepped up efforts to raise awareness on the pandemic in
partnership with the development partners.
As at May 26, the ministry said 134
were discharged and the state recorded 38 deaths.
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