Coronavirus: Lagos State bans public gatherings of greater than 20 individuals
Lagos State Government on Saturday introduced a discount within the variety of individuals allowed in public gatherings to forestall additional unfold of coronavirus.
The authorities mentioned the variety of individuals allowed at any public gathering shouldn’t be greater than 20, nullifying the earlier restrict of 50 individuals allowed to assemble in public, together with in church buildings and mosques.
Prior to this, Lagos State ordered a temporary closure of schools for a month to safeguard lives of faculty kids.
Nigeria has up to now confirmed 22 index cases of the coronavirus as at Saturday, March 21.
16 of the 22 instances had been confirmed in Lagos State. Three instances had been confirmed in Abuja, one case in Ekiti and two in Ogun State.
The first index case and the second have been declared negative by the Lagos State Government after remedy.