Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said that autospies are being carried out to detect the cause of the strange deaths that have occured in the state recently.
In less than two weeks, Kano State has lost over 640 persons.
It was speculated that COVID-19 may be the cause of the strange deaths, however, the state government has insisted that the deaths were not related to the virus, but to hypertension, acute malaria and diabetes.
In a tweet on his official Twitter Handle on Monday, Governor Ganduje said:
“Over the past week, there have been reports of mysterious deaths in our great Kano State and I’m here to assure everyone that investigations are already ongoing. Autopsies are still being carried out but so far, there’s been nothing to suggest that they are linked with COVID-19.
“The state Ministry of Health has been sleepless in its battle against the pandemic and I will like to commend them for their efforts thus far. They have fought hard in the sporadic testing and quarantining of infected persons across the state.’’
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Ganduje had accused the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 of refusing to give adequate support to the state despite mysterious deaths occurring.
The governor stated this during an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Monday.
Ganduje said that “sincerely speaking, we are not getting deserved attention. If these equipment (testing centres) are under our control, we will do our best to make sure it works properly. But we are not getting the needed support and co-operation from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.”
He added that “we are in a serious problem. I can tell you the situation is really bad and scary. Because what we solely rely upon in fighting the disease is the testing centre.