The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 has given reasons low numbers of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 have been recorded in the country in recent times.
The task force met with President Buhari at the statehouse Abuja today August 5 where they briefed the president on its efforts so far in the fight against the pandemic. The task force team led by its chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, presented its interim report to the President. The team had on Monday July 27 announced an extension of the current phase two eased lockdown by one week which elapses tomorrow, August 6.
Mustapha attributed the low number of confirmed cases to the reduced number of testing due to the Sallah holiday. In his words
”If you noticed, as we celebrated those discharges, there has also been a decrease in the testing. In the last couple of days, we tested just barely 2,000 across the nation, but we have a testing capacity of much more thousands than…
Source: Linda Ikeji
