Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says 34 doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Kano.
The chairman of Kano chapter of the association Sanusi Bala, made this known on Tuesday.
Confirming the development to NAN, Bala explained that majority of the victims were doctors working at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and private clinics in the state.
He noted that many of them were infected through normal clinical routines while attending to unsuspected COVID-19 cases.
He stressed the role of the association in ensuring protection of its members and implored to authorities to provide more protection for doctors through procurement of personal protective equipment (PPEs).
In a related development, spokesperson for AKTH, Hauwa Muhammed, told NAN that the hospital had since procured and distributed PPEs to frontline workers.
She said the hospital management had ordered all consultants and heads of department to train their staff on proper use of the PPEs.
As of May 4, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had confirmed 365 COVID-19 cases in Kano, which has the second highest number in Nigeria.
The state confirmed its index case on April 11, 2020.
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