August 12, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not considering a lockdown despite rising cases of COVID-19 infections across the country.
Speaking at the weekly ministerial briefing organized at the State House in Abuja, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the number of cases were not threatening enough, yet, for a lockdown to be considered.
THEWILL reports that Nigeria had on Wednesday recorded 790 cases of new COVID-19 infections, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The figure was the highest in about six months.
A recent surge in infections has been partly attributed to the Delta variant, which is believed to be more contagious and deadlier.
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