COVID-19: Kano to establish 10 more isolation centres

Kolade Adeyemi, Kano

Kano Governor Abdullahi Gadnuje has stated his administration has concluded plans to establish 10 additional isolation centres to ensure enough facilities and accommodation for COVID-19 patients.

Ganduje also stressed the needs for establishment of more test centres in the state considering its experience with community transmission.

He also hinted that about 11 professionals and health experts on Tuesday volunteered to collaborate with Kano State to win the war against the the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.

Ganduje, who stated these while briefing journalists on the efforts being made to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the state said the volunteered senior health experts would soon be inaugurated so that they can synergize with the state Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to tackle the pandemic in the state.

The Governor also thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for sending a Special Delegation from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday to appraise the situation in Kano.

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Ganduje hinted his administration has mapped out three-point agenda for fighting the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic which are Preventive, Curative and Palliative agenda, all of which he said Kano state is pursuing with vigour.

According to him, apart from apart from the three existing isolation centres, the State Government is making plans to establish 10 more Isolation centres going by the growing number of infected persons in the state.

He added: “Our problem had been inefficient Test Centres in Kano, but we thank President Buhari for making it possible for the NCDC test centre at AKTH to start working.

“Very soon, we are going to commission another Test Centre at BUK which is being established by BUK in collaboration with the state government. We have deployed over 100 vehicles to trace those who have contacts with COVID-19 carriers. We also need to establish more Test Centres in Kano, if possible across the 44 Local Government Areas because without enough Test Cebtres, our efforts may be in vain.”