The Kaduna State Government has warned that another lockdown order may impose in the state if residents continue to flout the coronavirus guidelines put in place.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai, said with the state get to a level that the infection rate will overwhelm the health system and health workers, there will be lockdown again.
The Governor who was speaking after commissioning a testing vehicle donated to the state by the USAID, stated that the state government had only lifted the lockdown because it was confident of its testing capabilities, since it had enough testing kits as well as a prepared health system.
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He also appealed to citizens to comply with the procedure put in place and minimise going out because, if it becomes necessary to close down the state again, the government will not hesitate to do so, to protect lives and apologise later.
El-Rufai, while speaking on the mobile testing vehicle, said it is equipped with GeneXpert machines, noting that the lab can be used to test various infectious diseases and is originally brought to the country as a donation by the US government through USAID for testing of tuberculo
