ABUJA, May 18 -- The Nigerian government on Monday extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks, as a measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
According to Boss Mustapha, secretary to the Nigerian government, in spite of the modest progress made, Nigeria was still not ready for a full reopening of its economy.
"The measures, exemptions, advisories, and scope of entities allowed to reopen under phase one of the eased locked down, shall be maintained across the federation for another two weeks effective from midnight (May 18 to June 1)," Mustapha told the media in Abuja.
He said the government's focus by its latest decision is to intensify efforts to tell, trace, and treat cases, as well as elevate the level of community ownership of "non-pharmaceutical interventions".
On April 27, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari approved a phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in the capital city of Abuja, Lagos, the commercial hub, and Ogun in the southwest region from May 4, as the country continued to navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Mustapha, who heads the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in the country, said the PTF continued to assess the level of compliance with the guidelines it gave on easing the lockdown, hence the reason for its extension at the initial stage.
The government aims for a situation whereby the measures put in place would yield sufficient progress, the government's scribe said. This, he said, further required consolidation to ensure that the health system and economy were in a position to adequately respond to any potential outcomes in the future, including a secondary outbreak.
Mustapha said the gradual reopening of the economy in the past two weeks has been sign-posted by the controlled opening and increased access to markets and supermarkets, banks, and other income-yielding activities for the vulnerable population.
Similarly, corporations and government offices partially opened their operations and services so as to facilitate the activities of other sectors during the period. Some manufacturing, construction, and allied sectors also resumed.
"All these sectors ensured that adequate infection mitigation measures were put in place," Mustapha said.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the most populous African country stood at 5,959, and 182 deaths as of Monday, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control. A total of 1,594 cases had recovered.
Despite these figures, Mustapha said the transmission of the virus has been consistently under control and the measures put in place have collectively slowed down the transmission of the virus in Nigeria.
"The healthcare system has been better equipped to detect, test, isolate and treat every case, and trace every person who came into contact with a positive case with the increase in the number of laboratories from 15 to 26; ramping up of testing to a cumulative total of 35,098," he added. .
提高雅思阅读水平需要把握的三个重点
雅思词汇:Back to 1942
世界杯32强的口号:巴西最霸气 意大利很浪漫
100组雅思阅读常见的必备短语
雅思词汇:匠心独运
雅思词汇:on的短语搭配
做雅思阅读题目和打兔子的道理是一样的
雅思阅读高分无法忽略的三个要点
雅思阅读高分考生共有的几点特质
雅思词汇:网络造谣
雅思阅读备考策略 由点至面全面提升
雅思词汇:fall
雅思词汇:商业街里的各种小店
雅思词汇之高分指南
如何兼顾雅思阅读做题和阅读的顺序
雅思词汇:品酒词汇
雅思词汇:smoking
雅思常见的形近义远词汇辨析
雅思词汇:救生员
雅思词汇:热门选秀节目
雅思词汇:赈灾
雅思词汇:tongue
雅思阅读可以先做自己熟悉的文章或题型
雅思词汇:太阳系词汇
雅思词汇:寒假班
雅思阅读NOT GIVEN题型的八大考点
雅思词汇:古希腊文明史
雅思阅读备考的高原期如何度过
雅思词汇:奇闻轶事
雅思词汇:常用关联词
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |