COVID-19: PTF Declares Kogi High-Risk State

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared Kogi a high-risk state for not doing testing and taking preventive measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.

The PTF National Incident Manager, Dr Mukhtar Muhammad, made the assessment on Monday, noting that Kogi has neither engaged in testing nor reported any case of the virus.

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Governor Yahaya Bello has continued to make baseless claims that COVID-19 did not exist and declared the state coronavirus-free.

“We have states where data is not coming forth. If we don’t test, your data will not be analysed and if your data is not analysed we won’t know the level of the pandemic in your state.

“Notable among the states that have not been reporting adequately are Yobe, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi and of course Kogi that has not been reporting at all.

“States that are not testing are probably at much higher risk than the states that are currently known as high burdened states,” Muhammad said.

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He maintained that a state that is not testing at all is an absolute high risk for Nigerians to go there.

“…Because, there is no testing facility and even if you fall sick, there is no isolation centre and they don’t even acknowledge that the disease exists.

“So for that reason, epidemiologically, we put that state at the top of the high-risk state,” Muhammad said.

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