Kaduna State has recorded a new case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases in the state to five. In a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni,
the state sent samples to Abuja for testing. According
to her, five samples were positive, 77 were negative and eight samples
were pending, stressing that the government has begun tracing 119
contacts.
“So far, the State has sent 89 samples to Abuja for
testing, among which 5 samples were positive, 77 samples were negative,
and 8 samples are pending. She also disclosed that
searching and tracing of 119 contacts of the positive cases is ongoing. “The
State Government has been taking vigorous actions to contain the spread
of COVID-19 since February, by reaching out to the Chief Medical
Directors of all hospitals in the state, daily evaluation of the
pandemic and devising new ways to check the spread,” she said.
The
Commissioner further explained that the Ministry of Health has set up
an Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), who meet daily to take proactive
measures against further spread of the disease.
Speaking further, Baloni said the ministry has
“reactivated
and strengthened the Infectious Disease Control Centre (IDCC), by
posting trained health workers to the facility, who are currently caring
for patients, in addition to setting up an alternative isolation centre
which has 69 rooms, where mild to moderate cases will be managed.“In
the same vein, Kaduna State Government has also concluded arrangements
for the establishment of a testing laboratory in collaboration with
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital(ABUTH), Zaria, for quick
diagnosis.”
She believes that when residents of the state
cooperate with the government on efforts to control COVID-19, the state
will have a reduction in the risk of contracting or spreading the
virus.’
Baloni further stated that the state has been conducting
massive mobilization both on electronic and print media, including
social media, to sensitize the public on the danger of this pandemic.
She
noted that different sub committees have been put in place to
coordinate response to the disease which include the surveillance,
Laboratory, coordination and Risk Communication teams.
The
Commissioner also commended “the frontline health workers who are taking
care of our patients and the various professional bodies, Development
Partners and individuals who have reached out to support the State
Government’s efforts”
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