Coronavirus:. Katsina may be first northern State to record COVID-19

Permanent Secretary, Katsina State Ministry of Health, Kabir Mustapha says the State has recorded a first suspected case of coronavirus COVID-19.
Briefing newsmen in Katsina, the permanent secretary explained a patient who is presently on self-isolation returned from Malaysia and developed symptoms that warrant further investigations.
He said, the “blood samples have been taken and result is being expected on Thursday.”

Katsina is in the northwest Nigeria and is President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state.