Emir of Daura – The Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk was on Tuesday rushed to the Federal Medical Center Katsina. It was speculated that the Emir might have contracted COVID-19 as Kastina’s index case of Coronavirus, Dr Aminu Yakubu was his personal physician. The late Yakubu met Emir Umar and his first wife, Hajiya Binta Umar shortly before he died from Coronavirus complications.
The wife also died two weeks after.
Family Sources said the emir was moved out of the palace at about 1 am in Daura to Katsina town where he was admitted and moved into the Intensive Care Center of the hospital.
Other sources disclosed that the emir was moved out of the ICU yesterday afternoon and currently at an amenity, having responded to treatment.
Only three days ago, the palace was sealed up by the government following recorded positive cases of COVID- 19 within its premises.
The State Governor Aminu Masari said 89 samples were taken for the COVID-19 test adding that “A palace is like government house. It is a place housing thousands, so we decided to take control of the palace so that we take samples of everyone that lives in the place.
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Recall that Nigeria on Tuesday recorded one hundred and forty-eight new cases of the deadly Coronavirus infection, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2950 as reported by NCDC.
According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) May 5, 2020 report, Kastina State recorded nine (9) new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic, total confirmed cases in Katsina now stands at 83.
The coronavirus outbreak first hit some of the world’s largest economies. After originating in China, Italy and Spain were particularly hard hit. The U.S. now leads the world in the number of people who have contracted COVID-19 and those who have died from the disease.
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