<p class="">Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) on Saturday said that a four years old child tested positive to the novel Coronavirus in the state.</p>
<h1>Mohammed disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi.</h1>
<p class="">He also said that out of 38 repatriated Quranic Education pupils (Almajiris) from Kano state, seven confirmed positive to the virus.</p>
<p class=""><em>“The four year old child that tested positive for the virus is a contact of another person who returned from Lagos.</em></p>
<p class=""><em>“Also, out of the 38 repatriated Quranic Education pupils (Almajiris), seven were confirmed positive of COVID-19.</em></p>
<p class=""><em>“So far, all the repatriated Almajiris that tested positive for the disease in Bauchi are from Kano state,</em>” he said.</p>
<p class="">The PHCDA boss also told NAN that out of the 48 confirmed cases in the state, five medical personnel tested positive to the deadly disease.</p>
<p class="">He said that the state would embark on a massive contact tracing, urging residents to report anybody coming into the state from any of the high risk states.</p>
<p class="">Mohammed said this was necessary in order to conduct a test or isolate such a person as soon as possible.</p>
<p class="">He added that most of the cases recorded in the state were returnees from either Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Enugu states.</p>
<p class=""><em>“Apart from the index case, who is the governor of Bauchi state, all our cases are returnees who might have traveled to either Lagos, Portharcourt, Kano or Enugu states,”</em> he said.</p>
<p class="">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bauchi state recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 48.</p>
<p class="">Six have been discharged so far with zero death recorded in the state.</p>
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