Second Person dies from Coronavirus in Nigeria


The Nigerian Government has established the next death from coronavirus (COVID 19) of the nation.

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday while in the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID 19 in Abuja, the nation's capital.

He worried that Nigeria has 111 confirmed cases of COVID 19, saying a vast majority of them were people who came in from overseas.

Based on the well being minister, probably the highest number of confirmed cases are actually in Abuja as well as Lagos since they function as the main gateways to the nation.

Also, he informed the gathering that all retired but able bodied staff of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as well as the Federal Ministry of Health were being recalled.

Nigerians were warned by Ehanire to defend the aged among them, in addition to those having underlying health problems while they have been the best susceptible.

From the opening remarks of his, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, informed the audience that the briefing will be day event.

He clarified that the objective was giving an update as well as minimise the incidence of phony information of the nation.

Mustapha emphasized that the briefing will be the only approved briefing of the task force, though appearances on television by related users will be allowed.

He announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a committee headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to take care of the economic difficulties that the problem might provide for the time being.

The SGF additionally clarified the controversy triggered by the restriction of motion in Ogun and Lagos States, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

He allayed the worry of Nigerians, saying employees in the financial institutions weren't incorporated in the stay-at-home order declared by the President in his Sunday broadcast to the nation.

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