Member Staff of WHO tests positive for coronavirus in Bauchi

World Health Organisation (WHO) staff member in Bauchi state has tested positive for coronavirus.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the state commissioner of health, Aliyu Mohammed said the staff member of WHO, whose name was not mentioned, earlier travelled to Kano state before contracting the deadly virus.

A statement issued on Sunday by one Ibrahim Sani on behalf of the commissioner said the building housing the offices of the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has been sealed due to the incident.

The statement read thus: “Following the confirmation of a staff of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Bauchi office who tested positive to COVID-19, the UNICEF/WHO offices have been decontaminated and are now officially sealed today, 19th April, 2020 by the Commissioner of Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro Mohammed and the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, as part of prevention and to de-escalate the spread of the virus in the state.”

“Available information revealed that the patient had travelled to Kano, therefore all his contacts both in Bauchi and Kano have been identified and isolated and they are under strict follow ups and surveillance.

“At the moment, UNICEF/WHO offices have been closed down for two weeks by the Bauchi State government.”

The fresh confirmed case in Bauchi brings the total number of persons infected with coronavirus in the state to six and one person discharged.

So far, Nigeria has recorded 541 cases of the virus, 166 have been discharged, while 19 people have died.