The Federal Government says there are no conclusions yet on ‘strange’ deaths in Kano State.
The Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
He said investigations were still ongoing in the matter.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kano witnessed yet-to-be-explained deaths in the recent past.
No fewer than 150 people were feared dead in the state, prompting investigations to determine whether the deaths were related to COVID-19.
According to the minister, unexplained deaths did not only occur in Kano but in eight states of the federation.
He gave the assurance that the ministry would continue to investigate them, saying, “No conclusions yet with regards to the deaths in Kano. Investigations still ongoing.”
The minister said Nigeria had been able to learn from ongoing interactions with Chinese personnel, based on their own experiences in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
He encouraged those who claimed to have solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic to go ahead with researches on them.
According to him, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control is available for all researchers to approach.
“Nobody needs to give you permission to approach NAFDAC,” he added.
Ehanire said that the ministry was ensuring the continued delivery of routine services in all hospitals in the country.
He said, “The latest statistics from the National Health Management Information System indicate that out-patient visits dropped from four million to about two million and antenatal visits from 1.3 million to 655,000.”
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