Unfortunately, River state has been caught in the web of COVID-19 just few hours to the planned total shutdown of all entry points to the state. This is coming as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed 5new cases at midnight via it's twitter account.
The midnight report came as a surprise contrary to real time report for which the agency had been known to report COVID-19 cases.
While this new reporting is not far from government strategy to calm peoples fear, it is however a counter productive approach as many individuals will likely not being informed of the real situation within their environment.

Fake data.
Many people have narrated how they couldn’t get a test despite symptoms.
Which is borne out by the following:
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The Troubling Data Behind Nigeria’s Low Number Of Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has a case count of fewer than 50 coronavirus cases. But what’s become increasingly clear is that low number is not because the country has been lucky or particularly effective with preventing the spread of the disease—it’s more likely because local authorities are simply not testing enough people.

The latest available report by Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows the country had tested only 152 people as of Mar. 22. That’s compared with South Africa which has conducted over 15,500 tests so far despite recording its index case a week later than Nigeria .

just stay home and stay save.if you believe this government is for you. you're on your own