I got Coronavirus in Abuja, infected four other people – el-Rufai

“I was the first case, fortunately, I’d say, because it served to scare everyone about reality. COVID is real, it’s not a joke. I was the first case, I got it in Abuja and infected four other people, all of us are okay now.” the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has said

The governor also said that the numbers show that a huge number of the population are vulnerable.

El-Rufai, who has since recovered speaking at the 24th edition of The Platform hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade.

The governor said Kaduna State had tested about 400 people and now has three testing centres.

He said, “As I announced some days back, we received 169 almajiris from Kano and so far 21 of them have tested positive. We expect more to test positive; the spike in our numbers have largely been the almajiris and other people that have come in.

“We have been successful in closing down our state, in reducing the traffic into our state, every case in the state has been imported.

When the outbreak started, we didn’t have a testing center in Kaduna, now we have 2 testing centers and working at getting mobile testing centers that can help with testing in communities.

We learnt from Wuhan that the key to dealing with this pandemic is the 3Ts; Trace, Test and Treat

Our approach was to ensure we contain the spread of the virus by enforcing a lockdown on all public places.

We also estimated that 20-30% of the population are vulnerable and therefore implemented food intervention programs for them, starting in April. We will be commencing a second wave this month.

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60% of Kaduna State GDP comes from our informal sector. This is the reason why exempted that sector from being totally locked down.