37 Health Workers Test Positive For COVID-19 In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, says at least 37 health workers in the state have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Deputy Director of the agency, Hamza Ibrahim Ikara, revealed this after a sensitization program for district heads and traditional title holders under Zazzau Emirates on COVID-19 in the state.

According to Ikara, out of the figure, 20 of the health workers had been discharged from the isolation centre, adding that the disease has spread to some local government areas in the state.

He listed the local governments to include: Chukun, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Zaria and Sabon Gari, as well as Soba, Giwa and Makarfi.

“As we speak, since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state, we have 37 health workers that have been affected by COVID-19 but almost 20 of them have been discharged while the remaining ones are under admission.

“So the virus is real,” he said.

Furthermore, he disclosed that the state had over 200 active cases with eight fatalities.

During the program, Chairman of Traditional Leaders Committee on Health, Abdulkadir Bello Salanke, said the meeting was called to further let people know that “the virus is real and claiming lives.’’

Salanke said the new COVID-19 treatment facility at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, has been overwhelmed by the rising number of patients from Zazzau Emirate.