Coronavirus: Kano relaxes lockdown for Ramadan shopping

The Kano State Government has relaxed its week-long lockdown from 6 am to 12 pm on Thursday only.

Speaking at a maiden press briefing, the Chairman State Taskforce on COVID-19, who is also the State Deputy Governor of the state, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, said the decision to relax the curfew was necessary to allow people make Ramadan shopping.

He, however, said that after tomorrow (Thursday) the lockdwon would continue till the state finds a remedy to the rising coronavirus cases, which stand at 73 at the moment.

Similarly, the deputy governor said the state has extended indefinitely the closure of schools in the state until further notice.