Kano Attributes Mass Deaths In Recent Times To Meningitis, Acute Malaria, Others, Not Coronavirus

Kano State government has attributed sudden mass deaths that have been recorded since last week to hypertension, diabetes, acute malaria and not as a result of coronavirus infection.
The State Commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, reacting today, to insinuation that the deaths were as a result of coronavirus infection, said however that more investigations on the causes of the deaths are being carried out.
He emphasized that preliminary investigation revealed that the mass deaths resulted from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria.
Muhammad Garba, in a statement today, April 26, said that the preliminary reports were obtained from the state Ministry of Health.
“The reports indicated that the deaths were not connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He said the Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje had directed the state Ministry of Health to conduct a thorough investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the deaths.
It was recently reported that over the last one week now, an unidentified ailment has been responsible for massive deaths in the State, especially in Dala, Fagge, Tarauni, Nasarawa, Gwale, and Kano Municipal areas.