The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has reviewed the protocol for all return travellers to Nigeria. All resources, guidelines and real-time updates on COVID-19 in Nigeria can be found on. Through the #TakeResponsibility campaign by the NCDC, Nigerians and residents in the country are urged to take greater individual and collective responsibility in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The current list of laboratories for the testing of COVID-19 in Nigeria can be here. The NCDC continues to expand laboratories for the testing of COVID-19 and has commenced the use of GeneXpert across the country to scale-up testing. Maintaining ‘No Mask, No Voting’ policy with enforcement of guidance on conducting safe elections during the COVID-19 pandemic.Mandatory use of non-medical facemasks in public spaces.Recreational parks, event centres and restaurants to open for outdoor service only while bars and night clubs shall remain closed.
Re-commencement of sporting leagues, in particular all outdoor activities such as football.Removal of the limitation on civil servants allowed to come to work with alternate day arrangements.Maintaining the restrictions on mass gatherings outside the workplace to no more than 50 persons.The gradual re-opening of all educational institutions in a phased manner.Maintaining the current nationwide curfew from 12am to 4am.This is in line with amendments to address economic, socio-political and health considerations, and are as follows
#TASK OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA FULL#
This is to ensure a balance between preserving lives and livelihoods while addressing the socio-economic disruptions caused by the outbreak.įurther to reviewing the response nationwide, and with the conclusion that Nigeria is not yet ready for a full reopening of the economy, the PTF-COVID-19 announced the extension of Phase 3 of the Eased Lockdown for a period of four weeks, effective from 19 th of October 2020. Nigeria is one of many countries that have commenced the gradual easing of lockdown measures initially instituted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes an initial lockdown of non-essential activities closure of schools a ban on international flights etc. Several measures have been instituted by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the PTF-COVID-19 together with the Federal Ministry of Health to curtail the spread of the disease and protect the health of Nigerians. The NCDC is also working closely with all states of the Federation to support their response activities to the pandemic.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has continued to lead the national public health response in Nigeria with oversight of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF-COVID-19). This is an updated advisory on COVID-19 which will be updated frequently to reflect new information and research emerging on the disease and its impact on populations. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a new strain of the virus that has not been previously identified in humans.
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