Coronavirus In Nigeria: FG To Review Lockdown Relaxation This Week

The Federal Government is set to review lockdown relaxation this week amid Coronavirus in Nigeria.

NewsOne Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has revealed that the relaxation of the lockdown will be reviewed this week.

This reliable online news platform understands that the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, disclosed this during the daily briefing on Tuesday.

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 further stated that the task force would not hesitate to change strategy if the current directive is not working.

His words: “You are probably aware that by the end of this week, we will be coming to the end of the second week of easing the lockdown and we will be taking further decisions based on the review of the performance of the restrictions that we have in place.

“And we will not hesitate to change our strategy if it looks like it is not working,” he added.

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to four thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven (4787) with nine hundred and fifty-nine(959) people discharged and one hundred and fifty-eight (158) deaths recorded so far.

146 new cases of #COVID19;

57-Lagos
27-Kano
10-Kwara
9-Edo
8-Bauchi
7-Yobe
4-Kebbi
4-Oyo
3-Katsina
3-Niger
2-Plateau
2-Borno
2-Sokoto
2-Benue
1-Gombe
1-Enugu
1-Ebonyi
1-Ogun
1-FCT
1-Rivers

4787 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 959
Deaths: 158 pic.twitter.com/vlqzSxqacq

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 12, 2020