Bauchi Seals WHO Office as Staff Tests Positive for COVID-19

Malik Yahya/

A staffer of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Bauchi State has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, confirmed the development today.

He said the WHO staffer returned to Bauchi after having close contact with a professor who had tested positive for the virus in Kano State.

He said the WHO and UNICEF offices in the state have been decontaminated and sealed, while contact tracing has already commenced.

Mohammed said, “Yes, it is true, we have an additional case in the state, the result was sent to me around 4 pm today. He is the contact of a positive patient in Kano.

“He is a staff of WHO in Bauchi but we don’t want to mention his name because it is against the ethics of the medical profession. He went to Kano and had contact with a Professor in Kano that is positive.

“He started having symptoms three days ago, then yesterday (Saturday) we took his samples and sent it to Abuja for confirmation and it was returned this afternoon. It is positive.

“We have decontaminated the UNICEF and the WHO offices and sealed them. We have taken samples of seven people he had close contact with. They are about 15 contacts that we are tracing and we are going to take their samples.”

Bauch now has two active COVID-19 cases.

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