Kano State Government has said the recent deaths in the state were caused by “complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria”.

The state Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba made this known in a statement on Sunday night.

He said, “Although an investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, preliminary reports from the state Ministry of Health indicated that the deaths are not connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports have shown that most of the deaths were caused by complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis, and acute malaria.”

“Moreso, the state government has three modern Isolation Centres where those tested positive to COVID-19 are being cared for. We are also hopeful of getting an additional two Isolation Centres soonest. The government has also hired a hotel where suspected cases are accommodated.

“Also, the Kano State Government is collaborating with​ Bayero University Kano to establish a testing centre within the institution, which will be ready in two weeks time after being certified by the NCDC. This will, indeed, enhance our determination to ensure that every suspected case undergo a test.”

The PUNCH reports that no fewer than 20 persons had died from undisclosed ailments in Kano in less than two days. The deceased include professors, a newspaper editor, and other professionals.

Meanwhile, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has denied that the deaths were related to COVID-19.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as of Sunday night, 77 of the 1273 total cases recorded in the country were reported in Kano.

The state Health Ministry said there has not been any recovery yet, adding that there has only been one confirmed COVID-19 death in the state.

https://punchng.com/malaria-cause-of-kano-deaths-not-covid-19-commissioner/

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I hope this commissioner is telling us the truth and not being economical with the main truth. Anyway, I hope the state government and Federal government of Nigeria are ready to savage the situation before it get worse, because the inhabitants of Kano are mostly doubting-Thomases.

a new lai Mohammed has arrived

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Covid manifests malaria-like symptoms. That's what the index case in Anambra said too and some idiots were cheering the ignorant clown on.

It should better be

How true is this?

This commissioner must be an irredeemable idiot. So those people who died in kano all died from complications from malaria, high bp, diabetes and meningitis at a time covid-19 is sweeping the world? What a coincidence!

And how did he get to these conclusions? Did he exhume the buried corpses to obtain an autopsy? Or it's verbal test and verbal autopsy that came about with this ridiculousness? Such a terrible time to be a kano resident.

The commissioner must be a dumbass.Is he the NCDC team or a doctor?

He said what he was told by the authority to tell the public. Their sense go correct last last.

I'm afraid they will bring their madness to the South due to how indiscipline and corrupt our security operatives are .

Na today maleria enter nigeria? How will maleria kill such a large amount of perople within this short period of time. These people are hiding the truth from us. Corona is at work