{"id":28979,"date":"2020-08-28T07:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28979"},"modified":"2020-08-28T07:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:39:56","slug":"plateau-state-now-epicentre-of-covid-19-pandemic-ptf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28979","title":{"rendered":"Plateau State now epicentre of Covid-19 pandemic \u2013PTF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Chairman of the Task Force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha has revealed that Plateau State is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boss Mustapha revealed this on Thursday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19<\/a> in Abuja, and lamented that the epicentre of the pandemic has gradually shifted to Plateau State, having earlier berthed in Lagos and ravaged Kano, Ogun and Oyo states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PTF Chairman however noted that although Lagos has reached the peak of the pandemic, it was not yet time to relax in the battle to contain the deadly virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said; \u201cAs we enter the last week of this extended eased lock-down phase, and note the impressively declining fatality ratio and reduction of confirmed cases, the PTF would also like to draw our attention to a subtle change in epicentre of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all recall that Lagos, Kano and Ogun states were the initial epicentres and this shifted to Oyo at a time, and now Plateau State. As mentioned by Lagos State Commissioner of Health and a notable COVID-19 warrior, Professor Akin Abayomi<\/a>, Lagos has passed its peak but we call for vigilance and cautious optimism because the scourge is not over yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur strategic objective remains to test samples in high numbers across the entire nation,\u201d the SGF added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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