The minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that Nigeria might be facing an explosion of the conronavirus, COVID -19. Lai, stated this on Thursday while updating the press on the measures taken by the Federal Government to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic. He said “We have taken very bold measures in stopping international flights into the country, and we hail the state governments that have taken equally bold measures in their states, which include the closure of markets and the prohibition of large congregations.” Measures on ground

He added that social distancing, contact tracing, testing, isolation of suspected cases and ensuring that messages get down to the grassroots are the aggressive measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus. Lai said “I don’t intend to sound apocalyptic. But the truth is that time is running out. If we don’t urgently and more aggressively enforce the measures I have just listed, we have a short window within which to stop this pandemic or face an explosion in terms of the cases. We cannot afford to be complacent.”

Buhari’s offices, others Possible tougher measures In order to avoid an explosion he said the government is considering tougher measures to minimize spread by possibly “stopping inter-state/inter-town travels, except for essential services, closing all motor parks and inter-state rail stations. Already, all train movements nationwide have been stopped and using firefighting and other adaptable vehicles and personnel to fumigate cities and towns.” Donations received The minister stated that Nigeria have received safety and test kits from the Jack Ma Foundation in China which are 100,000 Face Masks, 1,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and 20,000 test kits.

He said the face masks and the PPE will be distributed to the front-line health workers while the test kits will be shared among the five test laboratories. Coronavirus infection update Lai said as at Thursday 26th of March there are 51 cases covering 8 states which are :Lagos – 32, FCT – 10, Ogun – 3, Ekiti – 1, Edo – 1, Bauchi – 1, Osun – 1, Oyo – 1, Rivers – 1.

Challenges tracing suspected cases He said “We have 4,370 people of interest whom we are tracing.” He stressed that “We are on the verge of reaching the level of community spread. We must stop this immediately or we will record exponential cases in the days ahead.”

He added that they are not getting the kind of cooperation that this moment deserves from Nigerians, as “many are busy engaging in meaningless criticisms instead of complying with the stipulated directives to keep people safe”. He also noted that some Nigerians who flew into the country from overseas filled wrong addresses and phone numbers in their forms, making it difficult to trace them when the need arises.

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Who's to blame? Now they're coming out to talk after deliberately delaying closure of our airports to allow their family members and political allies arrive in the country before finally doing the needful. Now they have succeeded in bringing the virus into the country and people everybody is now panicking.

Apocalypse

Make I dey go my village. Sure I will be safe there.

God airpus oooo...
If only that useless gworo chewing terrorist listened to the cries of so many Nigerians to close our borders and airspace on time....but the kunu drinking dullard kept mum...
When gwovik one nine birus finish dealing with him, that him empty brain go get sense by force....

Habba

True and the main cause is the presidency who did not close the border when they should have too bad,

So who is the APC government trying to blame now as usual? Thought the same Lai Mohammed told a bewildered nation that "FG will not close borders" and

https://m.guardian.ng/news/nigeria/coronavirus-fg-will-not-stop-nigerians-from-travelling-to-china-mohammed/

Of course when more testing becomes available, more people will likely test positive, that’s what happened in other countries who started preparations late

Why is this liar the one addressing us instead of the Minister of Health.

...let it loom well well in aso rock first you hear!! awon smellos

What were you people doing when other countries placing ban on international flights coming into the country.

Now, you are making us believe that you are working by talking all talkables.

I dont know why we are having reactive government rather than a proactive one.

Our live are in Gods hand

Ogbeni lai! Ogbeni lai! Ogbeni lai!!! How many times did i call you? If you don't mind the kind of information you Will disseminate, especially how to disseminate it to Nigerians... God May visit for the mistakes you and your CO-looters did that got US INTO this mess. . anyone that knows him in person should tell him this please. God is watching you all

52 with 4,370 traces... wow

Is Africa really prepared ?

This useless APC govt has already signed on to the Bill Gates' and WHO mass vaccination project.

Even though it was the likes of Kyari and other APC Dubai clubbers that brought this virus on our shores, they will be using their zombie army to make sure you get quarantined and vaccinated.

Mtcheeew

It will explode on your head alone. Idiot

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He said corona virus is caused by corruption,inorder words corona is here to stay