FG extends phase three of eased lockdown
By Modupe Shodeinde
The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has said there would be an extension of phase three of the eased lockdown, which expires today.
The chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, during the weekly briefing of the task force in Abuja, stated that the eased lockdown would be extended by a month.
“The PTF is improving on the International Travel Portal to minimise the challenges passengers keep encountering.
“Similarly, it is reviewing the guidelines on the implementation of phase three of the eased lockdown which is due to expire today.
“In view of the fact that our numbers are not abating, all extant measures prescribed in these guidelines are (subject to some modifications) extended by a period of one month with effect from Tuesday, January 26, 2020.” he said
Also speaking on the covid-19 vaccines, Mustapha said the effort to access and deploy vaccines was progressing.
He said the initial 100,000 doses of covid-19 vaccines Nigeria was expecting would now arrive in the early weeks of February, and assured all Nigerians that “the vaccines will be safe and effective when eventually deployed.”
Mustapha further warned Nigerians against patronising anyone hawking or marketing vaccines.
He added that the only source of vaccines that is safe and effective in Nigeria is through the channels of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
