The Katsina State committee on COVID-19 chaired by Deputy Governor Manir Yakubu, has urged residents to report any returnee from Lagos and Abuja as the state begins house-to-house search for them.

The chairman of the sensitisation sub-committee and Commissioner for Information, Hadi Mohamed Serika, told reporters on Tuesday, that the house to house search for returnees have become imperative as some of the returnees escaped and evaded screening at the border.

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“The committee has been receiving calls from members of the public reporting people suspected to be living with the virus. He said the committee is liaising with the Technical and Emergency response committee to ensure that such people are identified, isolated and their samples taken for testing.”

“Since the emergence of the index case, the Katsina State government has remained focused and committed to its cause in curtailing the further spread of the virus, identifying possible suspects, isolating ND testing them.” Serika said.