COVID-19: Lagos Bans Gatherings Of Over 20 People

COVID-19: Lagos Bans Gatherings Of Over 20 People

 

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has banned all religious and social gathering of over 20 people.

The state government announced this on its Facebook page after 22 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country on Saturday. And all residents in the state have been urged to adhere to the new directive.

Before the new development, the LASG had imposed restrictions on gatherings of over 50

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The Federal Ministry of Health had on Saturday confirmed 10 new cases of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria – three new cases in the Federal Capital Territory and seven in Lagos State.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 22.

However, the index case and the second case have both been discharged.

 

Angela Davies

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