At Last, Cause Of Mass “Strange Deaths” In Kano Revealed

Kano state in recent weeks has been beleaguered by strange illness that’s killed over six hundred people in the state, among those killed are high profile individuals who were prominent Indigenes of the ancient enclave..

With 219 cases, Kano has the second highest cases of COVID-19 in the country after Lagos

National coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Sani Gwarzo, has attributed  the strange deaths in Kano to coronavirus.

Gwarzo made the assertion while addressing newsmen in Kano on Sunday during the official handing over of the mobile testing laboratory the Aliko Dangote Foundation donated to the state.

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The governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had denied that the deaths were as a result of Of COVID-19, saying investigation was ongoing.

He also disclosed that after meeting with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the government had agreed on “verbal autopsy” to ascertain the cause of the deaths.

But Gwarzo, who also lost his father during the period that Kano recorded a high number of deaths, said investigation had shown that COVID-19 is responsible for some of the deaths.

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“Let me inform us that most of the deaths recorded of recent and test carried out showed that Coronavirus was the cause,” he said.

“So, before the final report which would be ready in the next one week or few days, it is necessary for people of Kano to wake up from their slumber that this is a serious issue.

“It is not a new thing, countries like America, China, Italy, Spain, England, France and others experienced similar mysterious deaths.”