Ganduje lifts lockdown completely, asks civil servants to return to work

Bayo Wahab 18:37 - 02 July 2020

The Government of Abdullahi Ganduje has shut down a rice mill accused of being responsible for air pollution affecting Coronavirus patients in Kano state. [Twitter/@Dawisu]

Kano has the fourth-highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. 

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has completely lifted coronavirus-enforced lockdown in Kano State despite the rise in the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Nigeria.

Ganduje has also asked civil servants in the state to return to work on Monday, July 6, 2020.

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦:#LockdownKano removed totally by His Excellency @GovUmarGanduje....

Mai girma Gwamna ya janye dokar hana zirga zirga a Jihar Kano....
— Kano State Ministry of Health (@KNSMOH) July 2, 2020

The governor announced this during the state’s press briefing on coronavirus on Thursday, July 2, 2020.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 41 new cases in Kano. The new cases brought the number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,257.

Kano has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria. In the state, 52 coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded while 958 patients have recovered from the virus.

According to the state's Ministry of Health, Kano had a total of 247 active cases of the infection as of Wednesday, July 1, 2020.