A staff of the World Health Organisation (WHO) with a travel history to Kano has just been confirmed as the latest coronavirus case in Bauchi state.
The confirmation is coming two weeks after the state recorded no new case..
In a press statement from the office of the Bauchi state Commissioner of health Aliyu Maigoro, the building housing the World Health Organisation and UNICEF has been decontaminated and sealed for two weeks.
Also, all persons who came in contact with the new COVID-19 patient both in Kano and Bauchi are being traced.
In the meantime, five cornavirus patients have been discharged in Bauchi state after testing negative twice.
So far, there are only two active cases in the state.