Just In : Kano Debunks Suspected Case Of COVID-19 At Airport

A suspected case of coronavirus in Kano earlier today at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport,(MAKIA) Kano has been wrongly reported.

According to the report gathered the patient flew into Kano with Air Peace Airline and landed at MAKIA at about 8.04 am and upon landing the patient was said to have vomited.

He was later rushed to hospital by the medical team at the airport.

Naija News learnt that the pilot of the plane before landing notified the airport of a sick passenger on board.

However, reacting to the situation Co-Chair, Kano State Task Force on COVID-19, Prof. Abdul Razak Habib said the patient is not a suspected case as all test run on the patient test negative and he does not have the symptoms of COVID-19.

‘’The case is a young man of 17-years old and a first-timer boarding aircraft. Hence the boy boarded the aircraft for the first time and developed phobia,’’said Prof. Habib’’.