The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered isolation centres across the country to get ready for reopening due to the hike in COVID-19, cases.
Some isolation centres had been shutdown due to the reduction in COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health disclosed this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Thursday in Abuja.
” We are seeing the increase in the number of confirmed COVID – 19 cases in the last few days. Last week, we recorded 1, 843 against 1,235 we recorded two weeks before. In the past 24 hours, 474 new confirmed cases and two deaths were recorded,” he said.
He furthermore warned that the country was on the verge of a second wave of the dreaded COVID-19, pandemic.
“Everyone has a role to play in the effort to prevent explosive spread of this infection in Nigeria. We must prepare for a possible second wave which we must ensure , does not get to be worse than what we have seen so far, judging from what we observe in other countries,” he added.
