Katsina Gov locks down Daura over three new COVID-19 cases

Governor Bello Masari of Katsina has ordered a lockdown in Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari, over three fresh cases of coronavirus.

In a series of tweets on Friday, the governor said the new patients are the wife and children of a doctor who died from complications of COVID-19 earlier in the week.

He said palliatives would be provided for the people of Daura during the lockdown.

Masari said a total of 23 samples were sent for testing after the death of index case and three, including his wife and two of his children returned positive.

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