In Bauchi, the Executive Chairman of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, told one of our correspondents in a telephone conversation that the state had tested over 348 Almajiris brought back to the state.
He said, “We have screened 348 of them. What we normally do is that as soon as they are brought into the state, we move them to the General Hassan, Katsina Unity College, Yelwa, here in Bauchi where they are being isolated. Then we’ll take their samples and send for testing before we will know their statusses.
“Today (Sunday), we have received additional 54 that have been brought back and we are still expecting about 300 others. As I speak with you now, the team has gone to take the samples of these 54 that have just been brought into the state.”
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro, in a text message sent to The PUNCH, said seven Almajiris, who tested positive, had been moved to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
The Nigerian Medical Association chairman in Gombe State, Dr Zawaya Kefas, told The PUNCH that all almajiris should be tested for COVID-19
Kefas said the way Almajiris got food on a regular basis explained the growing positive cases among them.
