Kaduna State government has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19.
The new cases according to the government were earlier announced Monday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Making the announcement on Wedesday, the Commissioner for Health Dr. Amina Mohammed Baloni also said one more patient has been discharged from the Isolation Centre,
The discharge brings to five the number of patients discharged sincee April 14, 2020.
The Commissioner further said that among the three new cases is a 23 year- old male, ”who came into the state from Istanbul via Dubai sometime in March.”
According to her, “the second patient is 51year-old male who was tested in Samaru, Sabon-Gari local government area, after coming in from Kano.”
Dr Baloni further said that the third patient had earlier travelled to Kano and he is 42-year old male from Unguwan Geza, Kaduna.
“These new cases reflect the danger that interstate travels pose to efforts to contain COVID-19,” she pointed out, warning that “such travels spread the virus from place to place, complicate contact tracing and risk implanting the virus in communities.
Dr Baloni argued that, “the lockdown which mandates ‘people to stay at home is based on the logic that during a pandemic, the less contact there is with others, the safer everyone is.”
The statement warned residents “to avoid interstate travels and to promptly report to the authorities any person who has recently travelled from an affected state and develops symptoms of cough, fever or sore throat.”