Bauchi Closes UNICEF/WHO Offices as an Official Tests Positive for COVID-19
BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – The premises of UNICEF and WHO in Bauchi State have been closed down by the Bauchi State Government following the discovery of a fresh active positive case of the COVID-19 infection.
The order for the immediate closure of the two offices was contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro Mohammed.
The statement which was signed on his behalf by Ibrahim Sani, explained that the new positive index case discovered is one of the high ranking official of the State office of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Sani further states; “Following the confirmation of a staff of the World Health Organization (WHO), Bauchi office who tested positive to COVID-19, the UNICEF/WHO offices have been decontaminated and is now officially sealed today, 19th April, 2020 by the Honourable Commissioner of Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro Mohammed and the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed as part of prevention and to de-escalate the spread of the virus in the state.
“Available information revealed that the newly confirmed case had traveled to Kano, therefore all his contacts both in Bauchi and Kano have been identified and isolated and they are under strict follow ups and surveillance.
“At the moment, UNICEF/WHO offices have been closed down for two weeks by the Bauchi State Government”.
It will be recalled that Bauchi State had recorded six positive index cases since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state out of which five including the State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed have been successfully treated, discharged and certified COVID-19 infection free by the NCDC.
