LATEST UPDATES ON COVID-19 IN NIGERIA
As at 07:00 am 25th March, two new cases of COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in Lagos and 1 in Osun. Both cases are returning travellers to Nigeria in the last 7 days.
2 have been discharged with 1 death.
The Police in Lagos has extended its enforcement of social distancing of gatherings of not more than 25 persons to Markets, Shopping Malls, Stores, Eateries and others.
Lagos State Police Command has in the last 6 days deployed its resources across the State to ensure that the guidelines and directives issued by both the Federal and State Governments to prevent the spread of Corona virus are fully obeyed.
They say with the new directives issued by Lagos State Government on Tuesday 24th March, 2020, the enforcement will now be extended to all markets and stores, except markets that are selling food items, water, medicine, pharmacies, medical equipment and other related essential life saving products, with effect from Thursday 26th March, 2020.
Corporate bodies such as financial institutions, telecommunication companies and businesses not affected by the ban should also ensure that both their employees and customers/clients are not more than 25 in number at a time.