Three patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 are presently on the run in the ancient city of Kano, Chronicle NG has gathered.
The Coordinator of Kano Taskforce on COVID 19, Dr Tijjani Hussain, disclosed this on Monday.
He said the three coronavirus patients fled from their homes and have been unreachable.
According to him, the patients also switched off their mobile phone and their homes are now deserted.
He said that they must have relocated elsewhere, explaining that the Task Force has now begun a search for the trio.
“We are collaborating with security agents to track them and bring them to the isolation centre,” Hussain said.
According to the Kano State Ministry of Health, the state has so far recorded 77 confirmed cases and three deaths.
Fears have grown over the week in Kano after 600 persons died from different illness and diseases.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has however assured residents of Kano that autopsies are being carried of the dead persons, dismissing rumours that they died of coronavirus.
“Over the past week there have been reports of mysterious deaths in our great Kano State and I am here to assure everyone that investigations are already ongoing.
“Autopsies are still being carried out but so far there’s been nothing to suggest that they are linked with COVID-19.
“To ease their burden a bit, we are currently partnering with Bayero University Kano to set up an additional COVID-19 test centre in the State.
“I beckon the people of Kano to help us in this fight against the pandemic by respecting the lockdown, maintaining social distancing and washing their hands regularly.
On Sunday, a renowned Professor of Mass Communication in Bayero University Kano (BUK), Prof. Balarabe Maikaba died.
He was said to have died in the early hours of Sunday after a long battle with diabetes and high blood pressure.
Over 15 prominent indigenes of Kano have died of different ‘strange ailments’ in the last 48 hours.
Prominent among those who died were: Prof Ibrahim Ayagi, Dr Musa Umar Gwarzo, Alhaji Dahiru Rabiu (former Grand Khadi), Musa Tijjani (Editor of Triumph Newspaper) and Adamu Isyaku Dal (former SUBEB Executive secretary).
Others were: Alhaji Salisu Lado, Hajiya Shamsiyya Mustapha, Hajiyaj Nene Umma, Alhaji Garba Sarki Fagge, Dr. Nasiru Maikano Bichi, Secretary Student Affairs, North West University, Prof. Aliyu Umar Dikko of Physiology Department of Bayero University Kano and Ado Gwanja’s mother, former Commissioner of Education during the military era, Alhaji Aminu Yahaya, among others.
