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COVID-19: Kukah donates 30-room hotel to Sokoto govt
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has donated a 30-room hotel to the state government to be used as an isolation centre for suspected COVID-19 patients in the state.
Sokoto State has 66 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with eight deaths.
The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the Bishop acted on behalf of the state Catholic Diocese.
Kukah, according to the ministry, also handed over a 15-room hospital for the treatment of persons infected by the virus that had killed about 250, 000 people across the world.
It said: “The Catholic Diocese in Sokoto headed by Bishop Mathew Kukah has handed over a 30-room hotel for isolating suspected cases at Aliyu Jodi Road and a 15- room hospital for COVID-19 management at their Gidan Dare Clinic.”
Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assist the state government in overcoming the disease.
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Tambuwal, who made the call during his address to the people of the state on Sunday, said the ban on inter-state movement, compulsory use of face masks and the imposition of curfew take effect on Monday.
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