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Kogi rejects COVID-19 cases announced by NCDC
BY NICHOLAS ABE
The Kogi State Government has rejected the two index cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the state.
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, in a statement on Wednesday described the NCDC report as false.
He said, “Kogi State till this very moment is COVID-19 free. We have developed full testing capacity and have conducted hundreds of tests so far which have returned negative.
“We have also continued to insist that we will not be a party to any fictitious COVID-19 claims which is why we do not recognise any COVID-19 test conducted by any Kogite outside the boundaries of the state except those initiated by us.
“Any attempt to force us to announce a case of COVID-19 will be vehemently rejected.”
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The NCDC had Wednesday announced that two cases of coronavirus were recorded in Kogi, out of 389 confirmed cases recorded across the country on May 28, 2020.