Reacting to the
Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie's comment of Coronavirus being the cause of
most deaths recorded in Kano weeks ago, Ganduje said a verbal autopsy conducted
by the state countered the claim.
He insisted that the
federal government’s report is “misleading” as the verbal autopsy revealed that
only 15.9% of the strange deaths were related to COVID-19.
Ganduje said;
“The report of the
Federal government showing 60 percent dying from COVID-19 lacks all the
variables, lacks correlations, it did not pass the time of basic validity and
reliability, signifying nothing and misleading everybody.
“This report, which
was scientifically conducted, has put to rest all postulations, predictions,
permutations and all hues cries about the mysterious deaths.
“When I went through
the literature review, I understood how good the findings are.
“A retrospective
study of mortalities was conducted over approximately 2-weeks (27th April –
15th May 2020); across 8 metropolitan LGAs (Gwale, Fagge, Tarauni, Kumbotso,
Ungogo, Nassarawa, Kano Municipal and Dala).
“COVID-19 might have
contributed in 15.9 % of the cases of mortality but within the limitations of
the verbal autopsy method that cannot provide confirmation.
“Some deaths may be
related to disruption of medical care and socio-economic activities due to fear
of contracting COVID-19, which usually happen during epidemics.
“If the mysterious
deaths were COVID-19 related, the deaths could have come more from local
governments that have more COVID-19 cases.
“Tarauni local
government for example, with 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases is the 1st in
pandemic ranking, but in the mysterious deaths it is rated 7th.”
The Kano state
Governor promised to pass on the report to the President Muhammadu Buhari, Boss
Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force on COVD-19, and the minister
of health Ehanire Osagie.
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