We may lockdown Nigeria again if COVID-19 Cases Increase – FG

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The Federal Government has pledged to lockdown parts of the nation again ought to there be blast of coronavirus cases. 

The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said in spite of the fact that it anticipated that a few slips by in consistence should security safety measures, it was concerned corporate associations, particularly bets on Monday spurned the NCDC's rule for contamination counteraction and control. 

Talking during the day by day instructions of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the NCDC manager stated: "Introductory reports are not very satisfying the nation over. 

"At the point when we state take obligation this time, yes we are tending to people however we truly expected to address corporate Nigeria. 

"Perhaps the greatest gathering that we have permitted to restart business today were banks. 

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"At the point when you limit the quantity of branches that open, everyone goes to the one branch that is open; that turns out to be counter-profitable. 

"We can create all the rules on the planet however in the event that associations won't come up and bolster the execution of these measures and assist us with dealing with the dangers and spotlight on a hazard based methodology, at that point our endeavors may add up to close to nothing or nothing. 

"Today we may pardon a tad since it was the principal day. In any case, we will have contaminations on account of what happened today, no uncertainty about that. 

"In any case, what is increasingly significant is the manner by which we can gain from the mix-ups of today into tomorrow and into next tomorrow, so that by Friday, ideally they will have standardized a portion of these things." 

He included: "Yes we realized today will be an issue on the grounds that just because individuals were let out of their homes yet the test for us as a general public is the way we presently compose ourselves to alleviate this hazard to constrain transmission from one another, so that, yes we may have a couple of additional diseases today and tomorrow, however what we dont need is a blast of new contaminations. 

"In the event that we do have that blast, there will be basically no decision left for the authority of the nation than to solicit all from us to return into our homes. 

"So for the advantages of having a couple of hours daily of coming out and reviving pieces of the economy, there is a cost to address and that cost is that we compose ourselves to do this carefully."