As part of its conscious efforts to tackle the health challenges bedevilling Kano state, the federal has sent a high-powered nine-man delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health to the state.

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid -19 Control.

He said the team would be in the state on a fact-finding mission, adding that the measures put in place would assist the state in curtailing the spread of the pandemic.

He also disclosed that ambulances have been deployed in the state to support the provision of emergency patient transport services as the state goes on lockdown.

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The government said that the multi-disciplinary technical experts will assess the needs and the design for on-site capacity building for state teams and advise on the state’s response and preparedness plan.

He said: “There is national concern about the sharp increase of COVID-19 positive cases in Kano concentrated in seven municipal council areas and also about certain so-called “unexplained” deaths.

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“The authorities have explained that the latter were not out of the ordinary. His Excellency the Governor of Kano is well known for his interest in the good health of the people and will receive a high-powered nine-man delegation sent to Kano by the FMoH on a fact-finding mission and to offer support to the COVID-19 response in Kano.

“The multidisciplinary technical experts will assess the needs and the design for on-site capacity building for state teams and advise on the state response and preparedness plan. Ambulances are also to be deployed urgently to Kano to support the State on the provision of emergency patient transport services, as the State goes on lockdown. These steps will support the efforts of Kano State.”