COVID-19: Buhari reacts to recent deaths in Kano State

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has reacted to the recent deaths in Kano State amid coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser Garba Shehu, Buhari stated that the Federal Government is awaiting verbal autopsies to determine the cause of the deaths.

“In Nigeria, there are currently verbal autopsies underway in Kano State to identify the precise cause of the sudden and rapid increase in mortality in recent days”, the statement read.

“While some may wish to believe that there are other causes at play here like hypertension, diabetes, meningitis, and acute malaria’, there are others who say it is COVID-19. We should be prepared to accept the medical and scientific result of the autopsies and work together to confront the common enemy.”

The Presidency also revealed that the FG would be willing to work with the Kano State government if the COVID-19 mortality rate in the state goes out of control.

“If there is reason to believe that the mortality rate in Kano due to COVID-19 is out of control, it will spell a serious development to which the best action would be for the Federal government and state government to work more tightly together to find solutions and implement them together.”

The Presidency added that the kind of lockdown ordered in Kano has been found to be very helpful by communities in the world with the kind of socioeconomic dynamics as the state.