The Jigawa state government has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious deaths of over 100 persons in Hadeja local government area of the state.
The Special Assistant to the Local Council Chairman on Media, Sani Kakabori, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday. He said an average of ten persons mostly above the ages of fifty, have died everyday within the last ten days in the local government.
State Chairman COVID-19 Task force and Commissioner of health, Dr Abba Zakari has constitued a committee led by Dr Mahmud Abdulwahab with Shehu Mohammad, Yusuf Hakimi, Shehu Sule, and representative of World Health Organization (WHO) as members, to unravel the causes of these mysterious deaths.
The Commissioner said the committee is expected to submit their reports within three days.
The deaths have led to widespread fears that there might be community spread of the Coronavirus in the state.
This development comes even as Kano state is still battling with mysterious deaths. Just recently, the leader of the Presidential Task Force committee on coronavirus (COVID-19), Dr Nasiru Gwarzo, revealed that the mysterious deaths in Kano was caused by the novel virus.
Jigawa state has 39 confirmed cases of COVID19.
