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The Bauchi State Government has confirmed that another official of World Health Organisation (WHO) has contracted the Coronavirus, bringing the total of active cases in the state to three.
The Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi.
On April 21, a WHO staff tested positive of COVID-19 in Bauchi.
Mohammed said that the new index case was through contact tracing of the first WHO official that tested positive after an earlier travel to Kano State.
“The new case is another WHO staff. This new case is a contact from the first WHO staff that tested positive because his contacts from Kano and Bauchi were traced and isolated,” he said.
The state update indicated that the state has recorded eight index cases out of which five were discharged.
The update further revealed that the state has three active cases with no death recorded. (NAN)
