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COVID-19: ‘FG closely monitoring Kano, Osun, Oyo, Edo’ The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, has said that the federal government is closely monitoring Kano, Osun, Oyo and Edo states, to ensure that more cases are discovered and increasing community transmission is curtailed. Aliyu, who said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 16th joint national briefing of the PTF on COVID-19, said that the committee was in talks with the state governments, particularly Kano, considering the increasing number of cases in the state. “Because we are increasing the number of tests, as we ramp up, there is the possibility that we will continue to have more and more cases coming here. “We do note the concern about increased reporting of cases, we are closely monitoring Kano, Osun, Oyo and Edo. We note the particular concern with Kano and we have engaged closely with the state government. “With regards to state engagement, we continue to engage collabo...