Kano has been a surprise hot bed for the transmission of the novel coronavirus. Based on the announcement from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the state took over Lagos with 80 new cases confirmed, and ushering a wave of unrest and anxiety. Kano has been in total lockdown upon the strange, massive deaths of residents in rural communities were recorded, which health experts attributed to COVID-19.

With Lagos and Abuja issuing an ease in lockdown and putting in place dusk to dawn curfews, governor Ganduje of Kano is asking the federal government to lift the lockdown in the state which has been ongoing for two weeks. His reasons are that residents are running out of food and need to restock, especially in this fasting period.

As a remedy, the government can increase palliative measures to meet the needs of people in the state because easing the lockdown would only lead to a staggering spike in coronavirus transmission.

NCDC confirms 201 new cases of coronavirus

204 new cases of #COVID19 reported;

80-Kano
45-Lagos
12-Gombe
9-Bauchi
9-Sokoto
7-Borno
7-Edo
6-Rivers
6-Ogun
4-FCT
4-Akwa Ibom
4-Bayelsa
3-Kaduna
2-Oyo
2-Delta
2-Nasarawa
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi

11:50pm 30th April- 1932 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 319
Deaths: 58 pic.twitter.com/CIZtojz5UR

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 30, 2020

NCDC says they are struggling for bedspace

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is currently struggling with lack of bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos.

Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of NCDC, made this revelation at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday, April 30. Ihekweazu added that although there are about 3,500 bed spaces available across the country, this is insufficient and it leaves the infectious disease control agency to struggle,

12 coronavirus patients in Lagos discharged

12 Coronavirus patients have been discharged in Lagos after recovering from the deadly disease.

While six patients were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, five recovered at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and one from an isolation facility at Ibeju-Lekki. The patients are said to be 9 males and 3 females including a Ukrainian.

Federal civil servants asked to resume 

Federal civil servants across the country have been asked to resume work, weeks after being asked to “work from home” following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. In a statement signed by the Head of Service Folasade Yemi-Esan, officers on Grade 14 and above were asked to resume on Monday May 14.