In his address to the nation, President @MBuhari spoke on Nigeria’s response to #COVID19 and measures put in place by the Government of Nigeria to control the outbreak as quickly as possible.

This is a thread, with key highlights on response activities by the health sector

“As at today, a total of 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 has been recorded and unfortunately 10 deaths.

We continue to intensify our contact tracing efforts. 92% of the contacts of confirmed cases have been identified”

@MBuhari on #COVID19Nigeria

“Our objective remains to contain the spread of the #COVID19 & provide time & resources for an aggressive & collective action.

As a result of the overwhelming support & cooperation received, we achieved a lot during this initial lockdown of 14 days”

@MBuhari on #COVID19Nigeria

“In the last 14 days we raised our testing capacity to 1,500 tests per day.

Lagos & Abuja now have capacity to admit some 1,000 patients each across several treatment centres.

As a nation, we are on the right track to win the fight against #COVID19”

@MBuhari on #COVID19Nigeria

“According to the NCDC, a proportion of new infections are now occurring in our communities, through person-to-person contacts.

I urge #Nigerians to continue to #TakeResponsibility in implementing recommended measures“

@MBuhari on #COVID19Nigeria

“We must not lose the gains achieved thus far.

Therefore it has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos, Ogun & the FCT for another 14 days effective from 11:59pm on Monday, 13th of April, 2020”

@MBuhari on #COVID19Nigeria

“I thank our health workers at the frontlines of the #COVID19 response

I also thank the @PTFCOVID19 for their hard work so far, as well as stakeholders & the fellow #Nigerians

The patriotism shown in the response is exemplary & highly commendable”

@MBuhari on #COVID19Nigeria