COVID-19: FG Issues Directive To Churches, Mosques | TimeTestedNews

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Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has urged religious leaders to advise their congregations to wear facemasks.

Mustapha gave the advice, during Mondays’ PTF media briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.

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Expressing displeasure over Nigerians moving about without facemask, Boss Mustapha said that religious leaders and traditional rulers have a lot to do to curb the spread of the disease.

According to him, the best Nigerians can do is to adhere to the non-pharmaceutical interventions which include wearing face masks, observing social distancing and staying away from large crowds.

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“It is sad when people gather and they do not think it is appropriate to wear masks. What we can do is to continue to appeal to our people that COVID-19 is still alive, it has not gone on any vacation.

“People are dying on a daily basis from COVID-19 and as we expect vaccines to show up on the horizon, the only vaccine we have in our hand now let us apply it,” he said.

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