A new case of Coronavirus infection in Kaduna State is setting hairs on edge because he is not known to have associated with any of the earlier five cases there.
\nIn fact, according to a statement by the government, the patient travelled by road from Lagos and it is finding it difficult to trace those who travelled with the patient and others he might have associated with after his arrival to the State.
\nThe Kaduna State Government confirmed the new case of coronavirus which has brought the number of infected persons to six as at Friday.
\nA statement issued by Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni, the Commissioner for Health on Saturday, said that the latest case \u2018\u2019 is a male who worked as a gateman in the Mando area and recently returned from Lagos. \u2018\u2019
\nAccording to Dr Baloni, the sixth case had \u2018\u2019traveled to Kaduna on public transport and made contact with the authorities as his symptoms worsened. The patient has been evacuated to the state\u2019s Infectious Disease Centre.\u2018\u2019
\nThe commissioner warned that the latest case presents the nightmare scenario of possible community transmission of Covid-19 in the state as \u2018\u2019it is vey difficult and complicated to trace the contacts of a patient who came from Lagos via public transport and has had some instance of local commuting since his arrival. \u2018\u2019
\n\u2018\u2019The Rapid Response Team is trying its utmost to elicit from him a list of his contacts, so that they can be traced and monitored. He does not know who his fellow passengers from Lagos are. But the team is working to develop an idea of his local contacts in Kaduna, including any vehicles he commuted in and people he met at the hospital he visited and within his neighbourhood,\u2019\u2019 she said
\nDr Baloni argued that \u2018\u2019it was in order to prevent and avert a scenario like this that the government has consistently appealed to the public to practice social distancing and directed commercial buses to carry no more than two passengers per row.\u2019\u2019
\n\u2018\u2019The instances that have now being recorded of people spreading Covid-19 from one state to another further reinforces the need to stop all inter-state travel. People need to stay in one place and help reduce the footprint of Covid-19,\u2019\u2019 she further argued.
\nThe statement maintained that government also outrightly banned motorcycle taxis and Keke Napeps because they do not satisfy the conditions for social distancing.
\nThe commissioner also reiterated government\u2019s advice against large gatherings and congregational prayers, adding that \u2018\u2019now that there is a case of possible community transmission of Covid-19, residents must begin to take more seriously the quarantine conditions.\u2018\u2019
\nThe statement warned that \u2018\u2019it is important to stay at home, go out only when absolutely necessary and practice personal hygiene, especially washing hands with soap and water regularly. Residents should also observe respiratory hygiene.\u2019\u2019
\nAccording to Baloni, these are dangerous times, but we can work together to stop this disease from spreading. It is cheaper and better to prevent Covid-19 than to catch it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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