Malik Yahya/
A friend to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has tested positive for Coronavirus.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Muhammed Maigoro, disclosed this to newsmen in Bauchi today.
“Today, 26 March, 2020, the state has recorded a second confirmed case of Coronavirus. Out of the 48 high risk persons tested, two have been confirmed positive. 37 returned negative and we are awaiting the results of nine samples,” he said.
The Commissioner did not disclose the identity of the person but said the second case is a 62-year-old friend of the first case (Governor Bala Mohammed).
He added: “We are now tracing the contacts of the second case. I will not disclose the identity of the person because it is unethical though the governor ordered us to disclose his identity.”
He disclosed that the two index cases are not showing symptoms except the confirmation from the investigation, adding that the second infected person has been isolated and has already started treatment.
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