{"id":8722,"date":"2020-04-07T09:54:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2020-04-07T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:54:48","slug":"kaduna-records-another-case-threatens-reintroduction-of-24-hour-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=8722","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna records another case, threatens reintroduction of 24-hour curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, on Monday, warned that the government would revert to the 24-hour curfew should residents failed to obey the stay-at-home order imposed on the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deputy governor also said security operatives had been ordered to deal decisively with curfew violators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The warning came just as the Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, disclosed on Monday that the state had recorded another case of COVID-19, bringing the number of positive cases to five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commissioner said so far the state had sent 89 samples to Abuja for testing, noting that five samples were positive while 77 samples were negative and eight samples pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c119 contacts have been listed and further contact tracing is ongoing,\u201d she said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deputy governor warned that the state would be completely shut down if residents continued to flout the curfew order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement issued by Governor Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, said the deputy governor was angry because some residents took the coronavirus pandemic for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, she said, explained why the residents were defying the curfew order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement added that the state Task Force on Covid-19 met with the representatives of traders and resolved that dealers in foodstuffs and essential commodities were permitted to bring in their products five times in a week, Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balarabe warned that only food and essential commodities would be sold on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when markets  open, adding that  \u201csellers of other merchandise are not included in the exemption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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 She also asked residents to shop only in markets within their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt this time, we will not just stand by and let a few elements add to the hardship already being faced because of selfishness,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deputy governor called on well-meaning individuals to contribute either in cash or in kind, towards bringing succour to the needy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Resource Mobilisation Committee will communicate to our major contractors, investors and corporate bodies, as well as donor agencies and development partners, to solicit for their support in that vein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cIn addition, modalities are being worked out to ensure that political appointees also contribute to this noble cause,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also disclosed that a company had offered to produce masks in Kaduna State to make it cheaper for all in a bid to contain the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimilarly, the United Kingdom\u2019s Department For International Development has approached the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria to supply raw materials for the production of hand sanitisers locally,\u201d the deputy governor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the health commissioner had said the ministry had reactivated and strengthened the Infectious Disease Control Centre by posting trained health workers to the facility<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said, \u201cIn addition, the ministry has also concluded arrangements for the take-off of an alternative isolation centre which has 69 rooms, where mild to moderate cases will be managed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility is expected to be ready to receive patients this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the same vein, Kaduna State Government has also concluded arrangements for the establishment of a testing laboratory in collaboration with Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, for quick diagnosis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also pointed out \u201ccooperating with disease control efforts will reduce the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 and, therefore, reduce the possibility of a community transmission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added, \u201cDifferent sub committees have been put in place to coordinate response to the disease, which include the surveillance, laboratory, coordination and risk communication teams. Likewise, training of health workers is also ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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