{"id":17627,"date":"2020-06-02T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17627"},"modified":"2020-06-02T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T08:44:06","slug":"only-20-lgas-account-for-60-of-covid-19-cases-in-nigeria-ptf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17627","title":{"rendered":"Only 20 LGAs account for 60% of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria \u2013PTF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19<\/a>, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday only 20 LGAs in the country accounted for 60% of cases of the virus. He also said Nigeria was yet to reach the peak of infections from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustapha told journalists at the COVID-19 daily media briefing in Abuja that the fight against COVID-19 was a long-term battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that it was necessary to inform Nigerians that the country had not reached the peak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation urged Nigerians to pursue a strategy that would aid the sustainable control of the spread of the disease, stressing that risk communications and community engagement should remain a top priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustapha disclosed that precision approach to containment and management should be adopted based on the overall assessment including available data on the public health considerations and resultant economic impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustapha said: \u201cIt is the consideration of the PTF that while Nigeria\u2019s confirmed cases have increased in the period under review, the following factors should inspire confidence in the response<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMajority of the confirmed cases are in a handful of local government areas in the country as 20 out of the 774 LGAs nationwide account for 60 percent of the cases.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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