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COVID-19: Yahaya Bello orders total lockdown of Kogi communities
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered the total lockdown of all the communities in Kabba/Bunu council areas following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the area.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Wednesday said two persons from the state, the Chief Imam of Kabba Land and his son, tested positive to the virus.
The state government rejected the results, saying that the state is COVID-19 free.
However, in a statement on Monday at the government house, Lokoja, Governor Bello said the state was forced to take the lockdown decision as the situation has snowballed into a political angle.
Bello said effective from Tuesday midnight, all the communities in the area where the patients reside should stay indoors permanently for two weeks.
He also said all doctors who have contacts with the patients be ordered to go into self-isolation.
The governor, however, maintained that the state is still free from the virus until the centre claims are verified.
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