Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has on Saturday announced a two-day relax of the presidential lockdown earlier placed in the State.
The presidential lockdown was placed on the State for 14 days by Buhari as part of the measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Ganduje who disclosed the lockdown relax at a press briefing at government house said the lockdown will be relaxed for six hours between 10am and 4pm on Monday 4th and Thursday 7th April, 2020.
The governor however ordered the compulsory use of face masks for commuters going out on those two days.
Ganduje explained that the decision to relax the lockdown was taken in consultation with the Federal Government to ease the hardship residents have compelled to face.
He also warned traders against inflating prices of commodities, reminding them that the state anti-corruption agency is on track to confiscate goods and persons found guilty of this act.
The governor said the upsurge in the positive cases of COVID -19 was unconnected with the availability of two functioning testing centre in Kano.
He disclosed Nigerian billionaire and businessman, Aliko Dangote has promised to provide Mobile Test Centres with capacity to test 400 samples per day in Kano.
This may lead to an increase in Coronavirus reported cases in coming days.
Earlier, the Chairman state Taskforce on COVID-19 and Deputy Governor, Nasiru Yusuf Gawna had disclosed the conversion of four state-owned facilities to isolation centres to accommodate increasing number of positive cases in Kano.
Those facilities including Kano state Library, State Hospitality Institute, Karfi Sport Institute and Abubakar Imam Centre, with over 580 bed capacity.
