Augustine Okezie, Katsina
Katsina Governor Aminu Masari has re-introduced lockdown relaxed one week ago on Katsina, Batagarawa and Daura local Government areas considered hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic.
Masari, who was updating newsmen on the status of the fight in the state, said the move became necessary considering the population density of the affected LGAs.
He said the move was also because of the needs to reorder the use of logistics and resources to give the pandemic a serious fight based on severity of cases in the three LGAs.
He further maintained the state recorded about 337 positive cases with 293 active cases, 18 deaths while 51 patients have been discharged with 43 patients on admission.
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He also emphasised the needs for all hands to be on deck to educate residents on the mandatory use of face masks and embrace other health guidelines relating to COVID-19.
He said: ”Our people need real education to adopt facemasks until preventive vaccine is introduced, this is the only way to reduce the spread of the virus.”
The Governor also revealed a testing centre will be established in the state and Government will soon sign Memorandum of Understanding with the Sahel Medical laboratory, which would soon commence testing in the state.
According to him, the Sahel laboratory can test 270 samples in a day and can also tests samples from other neighboring states.
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