The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF) yesterday alerted that majority of Nigerians are still susceptible to COVID-19, stressing that if allowed to transmit easily, the virus may become more deadly. It stressed the need for states to scale up action for their public health response, adding that the Federal Government would build public health laboratories that would sustain public health response in the country. Also, the Taskforce insisted that government would only reopen schools when it was safer to do so, as it would not want to experiment with Nigerian children. “It requires six weeks to complete the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations. On his part, Chief Executive of Nkoyo Restaurant, Titus Elias, urged the Federal Government to develop health protocols in collaboration with restaurant owners.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2020 04:30 UTC