The Lagos State Government has issued a new directive banning any gathering of not more than 20 from the 50 it earlier announced to curb the spread of the dreaded CORONA VIRUS in the state.
It was reported on Saturday that seven new people have been infected with the virus.
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The state government made this known on its official Facebook page, with the headline, ’No social gathering of more than 20 people.’
It would be recalled that the state government earlier in the week, after a parley with religious leaders, both Muslims and Christian placed a ban on the religious gathering of over 50 people, while urging that the directive is complied with in order to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the state.
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”The Lagos State government has banned all religious or social gathering of over 20 people within the state,” the government in its new directive, urging: ”It is important we all adhere to this directive.”
It went further to enjoin Lagosians to practice social distance of at least 1metre, while also calling on whosoever feels feel sick or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, shortness of breath, coughing or sneezing to dial the emergency numbers, namely:
08000CORONA, 08023169485, 08033565529 or 08052817243.
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