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Indiscriminate face masks’ disposal: Can Nigeria beat plastic pollution?
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Tue Jul 13 2021
To control the spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria, several implementation guidelines were put in place by the then Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
The task force, now known as the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, listed measures such as the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), social distance, and restriction of mass gathering to a limited number.
It also listed regular hand washing, mandatory use of face masks in public places, among others.
The production and usage of face masks increased as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted, with most of the masks containing plastics or other derivatives of plastics.