Nigeria Man shares a photo of the horrific motor accident he survived
Tag: coronavirus
Video of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu sneezing around his supporters, before announcing he has Coronavirus surfaces
CAF HAS POSTPONED 2021 AFRICAN CUP OF NATION (AFCON) To 2020.
.
The tournament was set to take place between January 9 and February 6, 2021, in Cameroon, but it has now been postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
.
“After consultation with stakeholders and taking into consideration the current global situation, the tournament has been rescheduled for January 2022,” Caf confirmed in a statement. “The date for the final tournament and the remaining matches of the qualifiers will be communicated in due course.”
.
CAF also announced that the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) has been postponed to 2021, while the 2020 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations was cancelled due to ‘challenging conditions.’
While some states started restricting border movements in April 2020 in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Federal Government implemented a nationwide ban on interstate movement in early May.
However, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 announced on Monday, June 29 that interstate movement can now resume across the country starting from Wednesday, July 1.
Chief among safety measures ordered by the government is that vehicles can only fill 50% of their capacities.
Acting General Secretary of the NURTW, Kabiru Yau, said on Tuesday, June 30 that this could force drivers to hike transport fare if they’re not supported by the government.
He said, “Due to the spacing in the vehicles which will require the drivers to carry only nine or ten instead of the usual 18 passengers, the income of the drivers will be reduced.
“So we want the government to help subsidise the cost of those passengers that we will not be carrying or we will have to increase our transport fare.”
The PTF chairman, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday that the ban was lifted because it was not working, and created a side business for agents who were profiting from allowing illegal movement by charging motorists and travellers.
“People were paying so much to embark on those unnecessary illegal trips,” he lamented.
Movement across state boundaries are allowed between 4 am and 10 pm, as the nationwide curfew between 10 pm and 4 am remains in place.
Safety guidelines issued by the government to the transport union in the administration of motor parks and terminals include disinfection and sanitisation, social distancing in waiting areas, posting of notices on conduct of persons, temperature checks, wearing of face masks, and other crowd control measures.
Yau said all the measures will be implemented with motorists and passengers to combat the spread of the disease that has already infected 25,133 people and killed 573 in Nigeria 📹: @pulsenigeria247
Lagosians Can Now Get COVID-19 Test For N50,400.
The state’s commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi disclosed this while launching the Lagos State Private-Public Consortium on the management of COVID-19 to increase the capacity of the state government in the management of the pandemic.
He said though the tests were being conducted in government owned laboratories free, the approved private laboratories will conduct COVID-19 tests in the state at a cost of between N40,000 and N50,400.
With this development most residents, particularly those with suspected symptoms are apprehensive that they might not get adequate attention from the public hospitals or other facilities, where they usually undergo the screening free of charge on the excuse that the testing kits are inadequate.
The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Abayomi said the inclusion of the private consortium in the testing was part of the moves to expand the state government’s COVID-19 response capacity. Via @gossipboyz1
KazzyTv 