The Bauchi State Government has announced that it has sealed the office complex shared by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO) after one of their workers tested positive to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The closure would last for 14 days.

Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, confirmed this on Sunday in a statement in Bauchi by Mr Ibrahim Sani, Information Officer of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency.

Maigoro said, consequently, both WHO and UNICEF offices in the state have been decontaminated and sealed for two weeks.

“Following the confirmation of a staff of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Bauchi Office, who tested positive for COVID-19, the UNICEF/WHO offices have been decontaminated and is now officially closed down for two weeks.

“The exercise was conducted on April 19 in the presence of the Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, as part of prevention measures and to de-escalate the spread of the virus in the state,” Maigoro said.

The Commissioner said available information, however, revealed that the newly confirmed case had earlier travelled to Kano.

He added that all the staff”s contacts in both  Bauchi and Kano, have been identified and isolated, and they are under strict follow- ups and surveillance.

Bauchi State has not imposed any restriction on movement in the state. It has also not enforced any form of social distancing order in public places.