BEVERLY HILLS, June 09, (THEWILL) – The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SFG), Boss Mustapha, said he believes the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has offered Nigeria an opportunity to develop its internal capacity ahead of a disease outbreak in the future.
Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Task Force on COVID-19, stated this on Monday while briefing reporters in Abuja as he stressed the need for the nation to look inward and plan ahead, saying the COVID-19 pandemic would not be the last.
He noted that the PTF visited the National Reference Laboratory to witness the processes for testing on Saturday last week reporting that the process is rigorous, thorough and demanding as an enormous sacrifice is being made by nurses, doctors and other medical personnel.
The PTF chairman explained that the visit also enabled the team listen to the challenges faced at the laboratory and to recognise such challenges as opportunities.
On the activities of the PTF in the last hundred days, he listed the achievements to include an increase in the number of laboratories but decried that COVID-19 cases have continued to rise in the face of the successes recorded.
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Mustapha noted that the last weekend brought the guidelines on religious centres to focus and urged worshippers to comply with the directive.
He, therefore, called on Nigerians to take responsibility by adhering to the health safety protocols to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
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