Leader of the Presidential Task Force Committee on Covid-19, Dr Nasiru Sani
Gwarzo has said coronavirus pandemic is responsible and the cause of the waves
of mysterious deaths recorded in the Kano State.
Gwarzo said it has been established
from tests carried out that covid-19 is the cause of the recent deaths.
He disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in the state after the donation
of mobile testing laboratory facilities by Alhaji Aliko Dangote to the Kano State
Government.
According to Gwarzo, “Let me inform
us that, most of the deaths recorded of recent and test carried out showed that
coronavirus is the cause. So before the final reports which would be ready in
the next one week or few days, it is necessary for people of Kano to wake up
from their slumber that this is a serious issue. “It is not a new thing,
countries like America, China, Italy, Spain, England, France and others
experienced similar mysterious deaths,” Gwarzo stated.
Recall that Dr. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo
on matching order of President Muhammadu Buhari led the technical team of the
Presidential Task Force to unravel the cause of mysterious deaths in Kano and
also to contain the spread of the virus in the state.
Earlier while presenting the mobile
testing centre to the state government, the representative of the ‘Aliko
Dangote Foundation’, Zouerra Yousufu said that the donation was to compliment
the effort of the government in the fight against the pandemic in the state.
According to her, the centre has the capacity of testing 400 samples in a day,
adding that 10 ambulances and six other vehicles were also donated to the state
to ease movement.