The federal government has issued a new set of guidelines in
a new phase of the easing of lockdown.
President Muhammadu Buhari had locked down Abuja, Lagos and
Ogun for five weeks following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
On May 4, the federal government eased the lockdown and put
some measures in place such as imposing a curfew from 8pm to 6am, use of face
masks and social distancing, among others.
So far, Nigeria has recorded 10,162 cases of COVID-19. While
3,007 have recovered from the disease, 287 people have died.
Speaking at the daily press conference of the presidential
task force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the task force,
said the curfew has further been relaxed to between 10pm and 4am.
Below are other guidelines reeled out by Aliyu:
- There would be full opening for the financial sector with banks now allowed to operate with more working hours five days a week.
- The mass gathering of more than 20 people outside of a work place or places of worship remain prohibited.
- There would be controlled access to markets and locations of places of economic activities but local authorities will continue to provide guidance on opening times.
- Restrictive opening of places of worship will be based on state governments protocols and strict guidelines on physical distancing and other non-pharmaceutical interventions and just to clarify this would apply to the regular church and mosque services only.
- Mandatory supervised isolation of person of persons arriving the country will continue to be for 14 days until a new policy comes into play.
- There would be no further evacuation of Nigerians until a new policy currently developed with the private sector comes into place.
- Ban of gatherings of more than 20 people outside of a workplace;
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