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General News of Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

No COVID-19 case in Kogi - State government replies NCDC

Yahaya Bello, the Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello, the Kogi State governor

The Kogi State government has insisted that the state has no case of COVID-19.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo.

According to him, the self-assessment app has been effective in checking for coronavirus.

The statement reads: “While we are not surprised that they have worked for us so far in keeping our state COVID-19 free, we do find it disconcerting that the lead agency in the fight is possibly expressing doubt in their efficacy while simultaneously denouncing us for following her own guidelines.

“In fact, we built our self-assessment app around the NCDC’s checklist for ‘suspected and high risk’ cases and as at last week, it has been visited nearly 200,000 times with over 14,000 completed self-assessments out of which only about 60 presented cause for further investigation which then failed to meet the COVID-19 spectrum,” part of the statement read.

Fanwo added: “We sincerely hope the NCDC and Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu will quickly come out to repudiate or retract those dangerous comments (whichever is applicable) in order to minimize damage to the mutuality of trust and cooperation which we need to continue working together through this pandemic.”

However, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, revealed that Kogi State has not sent in enough sample for testing.