So we must pay attention to the danger of close contact between person to person.ģ3. The National Centre for Disease Control has informed me that, a large proportion of new infections are now occurring in our communities, through person-to-person contacts. However, the increase in the number of States with positive cases is alarming.ģ2. By closing our airports and land borders and putting strict conditions for seaport activities, we have reduced the impact of external factors on our country. READ MORE: PenCom discontinues Employee Death Benefit Accountģ1. Majority of the confirmed cases in Lagos and the FCT are individuals with recent international travel history or those that came into contact with returnees from international trips. Most of our efforts will continue to focus in these two locations.ģ0. When combined with the FCT, the two locations represent over 71% of the confirmed cases in Nigeria.Ģ9. Lagos State remains the center and accounts for 54% of the confirmed cases in Nigeria. Unfortunately we now have ten fatalities. This morning, Nigeria had 323 confirmed cases in twenty States. Here in Nigeria, we had 131 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 12 States on 30th March 2020. In the same period, we have seen the health system of even the most developed nations being overwhelmed by this virus.Ģ7. In the last fourteen days alone, over 70,000 people have died due to this disease.Ģ6. This figure is more than double in two weeks!Ģ5. Yesterday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases globally was over one million, eight hundred and fifty thousand. On 30th March 2020, when we started our lockdown in conforming with medical and scientific advice, the total number of confirmed cases across the world was over 780,000.Ģ4. However, I remain concerned about the increase in number of confirmed cases and deaths being reported across the world and in Nigeria specifically.Ģ3. As a nation, we are on the right track to win the fight against COVID-19.Ģ2. More measures to motivate our health care workers are being introduced which we will announce in the coming weeks.Ģ1. You are our heroes and as a nation, we will forever remain grateful for your sacrifice during this very difficult time. At this point, I must recognise the incredible work being done by our healthcare workers and volunteers across the country especially in frontline areas of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory.Ģ0. But we will be ready for all eventualities.ġ9. Our hope and prayers are that we do not have to use all these centres. Already, health care workers across all the treatment centers have been provided with the personal protective equipment that they need to safely carry out the care they provide.ġ8. Using our resources and those provided through donations, we will adequately equip and man these centres in the coming weeks. We will also build similar centers near our airports and land borders.ġ7. Many State Governments have also made provisions for isolation wards and treatment centres.
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