7 returnee Almajiris test positive for COVID-19 in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Government on Sunday said seven out of 348 Almajiris who were returned to the state have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Executive Chairman of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with reporters in Bauchi.

He said: “We have screened 348 of them. What we normally do is that as soon as they are brought into the state, we move them to the General hospital, Katsina Unity College, Yelwa, here in Bauchi where they are being isolated. Then we’ll take their samples and send for testing before we will know their statuses.

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“Today (Sunday), we have received additional 54 that have been brought back and we are still expecting about 300 others. As I speak with you now, the team has gone to take the samples of these 54 that have just been brought into the state.

Confirming the development, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro, said seven Almajiris, who tested positive, had been moved to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.

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