BEVERLY HILLS, April 27, (THEWILL) – Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the Kano State Ministry of Health to perform verbal autopsy to determine the cause of multiple deaths in the state over the weekend.
Several persons died over the weekend from unknown ailments and were buried immediately according to Islamic tradition. There are fears that they may have died from the coronavirus.
A Monday statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said health experts from the state Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have been drafted to eight local government areas within the Kano Emirate Council to perform the autopsy.
“I am pleased to inform the good people of Kano State that verbal autopsy to determine the real cause of the deaths of our citizens who lost their lives over the weekend has begun in earnest.
“Following the directive of the Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, health experts from the state Ministry of Health and the NCDC have been drafted to visit the families and relatives of the dead so as to trace their medical history, with a view to ascertain what really led to their deaths,” Garba stated.
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According to him, the state Ministry of Health is also working round the clock to ensure adequate availability of drugs for common ailments such as malaria, typhoid fever and meningitis, among others.
“Our primary healthcare system has also been re-activated across the 44 local government areas to guarantee easy access to healthcare delivery, even as we continue to battle the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.”
Garba, who called for calm, urged residents to continue to strictly adhere to the advice from health experts on how to avoid contracting Covid-19.
“At this point, all of us must come together, irrespective of religious and political affiliations, to overcome this health challenge facing our great state.
“We solicit for the cooperation of religious leaders, political leaders, opinion leaders, community leaders, traditional rulers and every other stakeholders to enlighten our people on the need to stay safe and stay healthy.
“The state government also wishes to passionately appeal to residents to religiously observe the lockdown order, stay at home, observe personal hygiene, wash their hands regularly, observe social distancing and also pray fervently for the end of this dark era of the novel Covid-19 pandemic.
“Together, we shall win this war. These turbulent times shall pass away. We shall come out stronger and better; and our dear state will be great again.”
