Kano State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Dr. Muhammad Tahir Adam said the state government has banned all forms of religious gatherings during the coming Ramadan.
He said the State government would make special arrangements to have Muslim scholars conduct radio and television lectures during the period.
The Commissioner disclosed this during the maiden press briefing by the Kano State Task Force on COVID-19.
Meanwhile, According to a recent report gotten by Anaedoonline.com after the recent outbreak of coronavirus in kano state, over 150 people died in Kano between Friday and Saturday last week, as their cause of death remains unknown.
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There are fears that the deceased must have died as a result of a strange ailment, amid the recent coronavirus outbreak.
According to the reports, the number of the d**d buried in the three cemeteries excludes other people buried in dozens of other burial grounds in the eight local government areas in Kano metropolis.
Also, authorities in the state, community leaders, families of the deceased and medical officials have given a different opinion on the matter, the state ministry of health says it is investigating the matter. The government nor the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) has not said what the cause of death might be. Statistics show that Kano has 59 coronavirus cases and one death so far.
Attendants and undertakers across the three cemeteries that witnessed unusual burials described the current regularity of burials in the city as unprecedented, urging the government to as a matter of urgency investigate to ascertain the real cause.
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