The Task Force on COVID-19 in Kano State is said to have gotten down to the task of tracing all the contacts of the first confirmed index case in the state, a task health officials said requires all measures of diligence.

Kano State recorded its first case of COVID-19, as a former Nigerian Ambassador to Algeria who came into the state from Lagos State eight days ago, was confirmed to have come down with the virus.

Sources, on Saturday, said state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was immediately intimated on the matter as he summoned an emergency meeting with the committee already put in place for the purpose of tackling the pandemic if it eventually rear its head in the state. The governor confirmed the case after the meeting.

The index case lives around UDB Road in the metropolis, and all those close to him have been tested and are awaiting results. He is currently at Kwanar Dawaki Isolation Centre.

Part of the issues that health officials in Kano have been grappling with include the tracing of all those he may have been in physical contact with.

Information at the disposal of Judicial Sketch indicated that after returning to Kano from Lagos, the former Ambassador has been living....
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