COVID-19: FG extends eased lockdown by one month
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday announced the extension of phase three of the eased lockdown by one month.
The chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, announced this at the weekly briefing of the task force in Abuja.
He said, “The PTF is improving on the International Travel Portal to minimise the challenges passengers keep encountering.
“Similarly, it is reviewing the guidelines on the implementation of phase three of the eased lockdown which is due to expire today.
“In view of the fact that our numbers are not abating, all extant measures prescribed in these guidelines are (subject to some modifications) extended by a period of one month with effect from Tuesday, January 26, 2020.”
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja
The Federal Government said it has placed an order for 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, regretting that the 100, 000 doses it was earlier scheduled to receive this month was no longer feasible.
Explaining that the 100, 000 doses would now be received next month, government also announced the extension of the Phase Three of the Eased Lockdown by one month.
At a media interface Monday in Abuja, Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce, PTF, on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha also added that Nigerian Scientists have been sequencing the variants of the COVID-19 virus.
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The Federal government has extended the phase three ease of COVID-19 lockdown.
Boss Mustapha, Secretary of the Government of the Federation, SGF, disclosed that the easing of COVID-19 lockdown has been extended by one month.
Mustapha, who is the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 disclosed on Monday in Abuja.
Speaking during the daily briefing of the committee, the SGF said efforts are on to minimize the challenges of air passengers.
He said: “The PTF is improving on the International Travel Portal to minimise the challenges passengers keep encountering.
“Similarly, it is reviewing the guidelines on the implementation of phase three of the eased lockdown which is due to expire today.