Borno State shuts out media over COVID-19, records two new deaths

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The team has not told journalists the reason(s) for the media blackout, which was stalled after some prominent Borno residents allegedly died of the virus. BornoState Borno Covid19 Nigeria

Borno State coronavirus disease response team has shut the media out of the daily updates over rising cases of the pandemic in Maiduguri metropolis.

The skipping of daily media briefing by response team led by Chairman, Umar Kadafur, who is also the deputy governor, however, negated Governor Babagana Zulum’s directives on daily media updates on COVID-19. While lamenting that the existing isolation centres in the state were over-stretched, he said that a new centre would be build this month to accommodate 500 to 1,000 beds.

 

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