Niger arrests COVID-19 positive driver
As directed by the Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sanni- Bello, a 30-year-old truck driver from Kano state was intercepted for flouting the Niger state COVID-19 movement restriction order.
This was made known by the state Commissioner for Health and Hospital Management, Dr. Muhammad Makusidi at the weekend.
With this development, the state now has its third reported case of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The commissioner said the driver was tried by the mobile court and quarantined, where his sample was taken to Abuja for testing and it returned positive.
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He said the patient who is presently at the quarantine centre in Minna will immediately be moved to the isolation centre at the Minna General Hospital for treatment.
The commissioner noted that the patient has no contact in the state as he was only passing-by to his destination in Kano state.
He also announced the interception of three vehicles carrying 43 passengers heading to Kuta in Shiroro Local Government, who were also tried at the mobile court and repatriated back to their state.
