Is it true that most of those that have tested positive for COVID-19 in Abuja are from the upscale Maitama District of the Federal Capital City (FCC)?
Also, was the pastor of a church in Abuja, General Overseer of Jesus Reign Family Church, Apo, Pastor U Uden, who was seen on video been taken away by the Abuja enforcement team, led by Ikharo Attah, victimised while the Imam of a mosque was given a slap on the wrist and let go by the enforcement team?
These are the two puzzling questions that have emerged as residents began to post the video of the two events.
But rattled Maitama residents are at a loss what to make of the mention of their district, though the Ministry of Health or the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is yet to corroborate the scary information.
An NCDC tweet showing a breakdown of the 139 cases in the country shows Abuja has 28, while Lagos has 82 as at 8.00 p.m. on Tuesday. Others are Oyo- 8, Osun- 5, Ogun- 4, Kaduna- 3, Enugu- 2, Edo- 2, Bauchi- 2, Ekiti- 1, Rivers-1, and Benue- 1.
Recall that in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the Covid-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared Covid-19 a dangerous infectious disease.
The Regulations, effective March 30, 2020, also gave legal backing to the various measures outlined in the President’s National Broadcast on March 29, 2020, such as Restriction/Cessation of Movement in Lagos, FCT and Ogun State and others toward containing the spread of the pandemic in the country.
A statement from the Office of the President said that to ensure that Nigerians can still perform on-line transactions and use ATMs whilst observing these restrictions, exemption was granted financial system and money markets to allow very skeletal operations in order to keep the system in light operations during the pendency of these regulations.
US fatalities exceed China’s tally, with more than 3,400 deaths, as Spain, UK and France report record rise in toll.
Meanwhile, Aljazeera reports that the death toll in the United States from the new coronavirus outbreakhas surpassed the official tally in China, with more than more 3,400 fatalities recorded, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University.
That means the US now has the third highest death toll after Italy and Spain, and the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world with more than 175,000.
Further restrictions on movement are being considered in the US to curb the spread of the virus, with the country now reporting twice the number of cases as China where the outbreak began late last year.
Spain, the United Kingdom and France each reported their biggest overnight jump in deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Around the world, more than 820,000 people have been confirmed to have the virus, and at least 174,000 have recovered. More than 40,000 people have died.
Additional reports by Aljazeera.com
https://everyday.ng/covid-19-precautions-from-who-and-ncdc/