COVID-19: Niger Records Third Confirmed Case
Niger State has recorded its third case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The state Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr Muhammad Makusidi, made this known on Friday.
He noted that the patient who is over 30 years old COVID-19 patient who was driving from Kano State drive past Minna towards Kano.
The Commissioner explained that he was intercepted for flouting the state COVID-19 Movement Restriction Order.
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Speaking further, Makusidi noted that the driver was tried by the mobile court and quarantined, where his sample was taken to Abuja for test and it returned positive.
The patient who is presently at the quarantine centre in Minna will immediately be moved to Isolation centre at the Minna General Hospital for treatment.
According to him, the patient has no contact in the state as he was only passing-by to his destination in Kano State.
Meanwhile, the state government has intercepted three vehicles carrying 43 passengers heading to Kuta in Shiroro Local Government, adding that they were tried at the mobile court and repatriated back to their state.
