The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says the high rate of COVID-19 cases in Kano was expected.
The agency has been directly involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Monday in Abuja that the agency would increase testing for the virus across the country as a strategy to succeed.

He reassured all Nigerians at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 that the country is actually winning the battle regardless of the increase in cases.

Speaking about the rapid rise in cases in Kano, Ihekweazu explained that the increasing cases of COVID-19 in Kano State were not surprising.

“I will like to remind everyone that we remain focused on our target which is to increase testing across the country; during a pandemic, the risk of spread is in those towns where the population density is highest.

“We are all aware of the population density in Kano. The high number of cases we are now seeing in Kano is really not a surprise,” he said.

“Since reporting its index case about two weeks ago, Kano has been the centre of controversies ranging from the rapid increase in number of confirmed cases to the sudden halt of its only testing centre.

“Kano, which currently stands as the third hardest-hit state in Nigeria has so far reported 77 cases out of the 1,273 cases of the infection Nigeria,” he said.

Ihekweazu said that NCDC was also working hard to investigate the cause of some deaths in the state.

He said that the agency did everything possible to activate the Kano laboratory.

The director-general said that the laboratory, domiciled at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, hosted many northern states.

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Only God can help us.

Hmm! After washing their hands and drinking the water, there really should be no surprise. I wonder why they even thought of such nonsense, who drinks water used to wash hands ordinarily?

Ok

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Yes, that of Kano was expected but what the hell is happening in Lagos?
With this rate, will the lockdown be lifted like this?

I'm just not happy with this situation jare.

May God help our medical teams and heal the world.