Bello Masari, governor of Katsina, has ordered a lockdown in Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari, over three fresh cases of coronavirus.
In a series of tweets on Friday, the governor said the new patients are the wife and children of a doctor who died from complications of COVID-19 earlier in the week.
He said palliatives would be provided for the people of Daura during the lockdown.
Masari said a total of 23 samples were sent for testing after the death of index case and three, including his wife and two of his children returned positive.
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