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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

No less than 32 health workers have tested positive to the\u00a0covid-19 pandemic<\/a>\u00a0in Kano State.<\/p>\n

The state Ministry of Health, in a post on its Twitter handle, @KNSMOH, Wednesday morning confirmed that the state recorded 32 new cases of the virus but did not say if they were health workers.<\/p>\n

However, Kano State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Sanusi Bala, told Channels Television that the 32 cases were all health workers.<\/p>\n

Kano now has recorded 397 cases; out of the number, three persons had been treated and discharged while eight had died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: No less than 32 health workers have tested positive to the\u00a0covid-19 pandemic\u00a0in Kano State. The state Ministry of Health, in a post on its Twitter handle, @KNSMOH, Wednesday morning confirmed that the state recorded 32 new cases of the virus but did not say if they were health workers. 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