COVID-19: Doctor who treated Kano index patient tests negative

The medical doctor, who treated Ambassador Kabiru Rabi’u, the index patient of COVID-19 in Kano State, has tested negative for the virus.

The 50-years old doctor, Musa Ibrahim, treated Ambassador Rabi’u at Prime Specialist Clinic.

The treatment of the diplomat was prior to the discovery that he (Rabi’u) was a carrier of the novel coronavirus after his sample was tested by the officials of the National Center for Disease Control, Abuja.

Since the discovery, Dr Ibrahim has been in self-isolation while awaiting the results of his own test.

A copy of the result, obtained by Daily Trust, indicated that the result was released today, Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

According to the result, the specimen of the doctor was collected on the 11th April 2020 for onward transmission to the NCDC laboratory.

Meanwhile, five new cases of COVID-19 confirmed by the Kano state earlier on Wednesday were said to have had contacts with the index patient.

The index patient was confirmed to have contracted the virus on April 11, 2020.