54% of total Corona viruses cases in the North- Northern governors call for relief
So far, the country has recorded 6,677 cases of the disease; 1,840 patients have been discharged, while 200 have died.
But from the figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 19 states Northern states with the exception Kogi where no case has been recorded — accounts for 44.9 percent of the total cases with 2999 patients. The governors have therefore appealed to the federal government for relief as they make effort to curb the spread of COVID-19
They said they would continue to follow the laid-down protocol for “profiling, quarantining, testing, transportation, handing and taking over as well as reintegration”.
The Governors also maintained their earlier decision to purchase COVID-19 Mobile Testing Vans which have already been ordered to boost testing of more citizens especially in the rural areas.
“On enforcing closure of inter-state boundary roads, the Northern Governors again expressed disappointment that despite several measures taken, including Presidential orders, there are still violations where people move from one State to another through compromise and use of illegal to routes.They resolved their continue appeal to the Federal Government for support to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, as the northern region now has about 54% of the national cases and 70 percent of new infections.”

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