Massive outbreak of coronavirus in Azare, a town in Bauchi state.

A former House of Reps members, Ibrahim Baba has written Buhari over an alleged massive outbreak of coronavirus in Azare, a town in Bauchi state.

In the letter dated May 8, 2020, Baba averred that the proximity of Azare to Kano and Jigawa might be responsible for the increased cases of Coronavirus in the town.

The former lawmaker who appealed to President Buhari to direct officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to visit the town, said over 100 Coronavirus deaths has been recorded in the town in the last one week.

“Your Excellency, Sir, I write to draw your kind attention to the massive outbreak of coronavirus in Azare town and environs in Bauchi State, which has already resulted in over 100 in the last one week, and this has thrown the entire area into great mourning, panic and confusion.

“The centrality and proximity of Azare to Bauchi, Kano and some major cities of Jigawa states make the town’s large population susceptible to the virus due to the already existing large cases of the disease in those areas.”