The Kogi State Government has rejected the two index cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) insisting that the State is COVID-19 free.
The State commissioner for health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, in a press statement on Wednesday described the claim as a fallacy.
He said, “Kogi State till this very moment is COVID-19 free. We have developed full testing capacity and have conducted hundreds of tests so far which have returned negative.
“We have also continued to insist that we will not be a party to any fictitious COVID-19 claims which is why we do not recognize any COVID-19 test conducted by any Kogite outside the boundaries of the State except those initiated by us.
“Any attempt to force us to announce a case of COVID-19 will be vehemently rejected.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday announced that two index cases of the covid-19 were recorded in Kogi, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 8,733.
