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COVID-19: January will be tough —FG On Kindly Share This Story: …Cooperate with govts on crossover night service – CAN …NMA attributes second wave to poor adherence to guidelines …Ondo threatens to jail  church leaders who flout ban on crossover service …Oyo records 50 deaths, introduces new restrictions …There’ll be new pandemic-related challenges in 2021 —WHO By Dayo Johnson, Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike  & Adeola Badru THE Federal Government, yesterday, said that January 2021 would be tough in terms of managing the Covid-19 pandemic due to continued safety violatio...

Friday Olokor and Adelani Adepegba The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that the nation’s health system is struggling to cope with the ...

Spread the love …Passports Suspended For 6 Months (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at the national briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja. Mustapha, also, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said that the names of the passengers would be published on Jan. 1, 2021, while suspension of the passports would last for six months.  “With effect ...

PTF facing challenges over second wave ― Mustapha PTF facing challenges over second wave ― Mustapha Share The effort to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the country is going through a challenging time because of the second wave of the virus, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the pandemic and Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, has said. Speaking at the media briefing of the task force in Abuja, on Tuesday, he remarked that week 52 has seen the highest recorded cases of confirmed infection in the country. He said the PTF is working on...

According to him, this is not helping the National Response and that some states have not reported any infections in several weeks. “Reports received also point to the fact that laboratories recently established in the states are not working optimally. You will recall that we moved from two laboratories to about 90 (Public and Private) located in all states of the Federation. “Their inability to function optimally has resulted in unacceptable levels of delay in receiving results and pressure on the National Reference Labs. We wish to urge all states to reopen all laboratories and ensure t...