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THE Chairman of Borno Task Force on COVID-19, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, has said the task force is still waiting for results of the first suspected coronavirus case.
Kadafur, who is also deputy governor, told reporters yesterday in Maiduguri that speculation on the death of a nurse working with MSF in Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA), was mere speculation.
“His sample has been taken, and we are waiting for the result from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
“People, particularly the media, should be patient and stop preempting the result.
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“We have a patient who has died, there is need to be patient as we await the result,” Kadafur said.
Also speaking, Commissioner for Health Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura said the task force had put in place surveillance teams in the 21 LGAs, monitoring communities for persons with possible symptoms; to take samples for investigation.
“We have also given out phone numbers for people to call us in case of any suspected case,” Kwaya-Bura said.
The commissioner lauded the support and cooperation of the public, and called for sustainability to contain the pandemic.
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