FG: How We’ll Implement Easing Of Lockdown From Next Monday

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Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 has explained how the easing of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be implemented as announced by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari had on Monday April 27, approved gradual easing of the lockdown as from May 4, to kick-off socio-economic activities in the country as citizens continue to languish in hardship occasioned by the Covid-19 crisis.

He said despite lifting restrictions on free movement within individual states, a 6:00 am to 8:00 pm curfew will be in place throughout the period.

During Wednesday’s debriefing, the National Coordinator of the PTF on Covid-19, Aliyu Sani, noted that the easing of the lockdown is actually just a shift from one set of interventions to another.

“The most important thing I want to emphasize is, even though we talk about easing the lockdown, in actual fact, we are not really easing, we are just shifting from one set of interventions to another because we are really still far from controlling this epidemic,” he said.

For general movements outside the curfew periods, the PTF coordinator said: “people may go out for work, to buy necessary food and for exercise but we strongly advise persons to restrict themselves to their local government areas except for those that live in metropolitan areas”.

Interstate travel, according to him, will be restricted to only those involved in the supply chain and services such as goods, agricultural products, petroleum products, courier services and relief items etc.

On the other hand, for intrastate movement, services and businesses were advised to provide hand sanitizers for customers.

The general public was also advised to imbibe the use of face masks, and other hygiene methods.

On the issue of mass gatherings, Aliyu said there shall be no gatherings of more than 20 persons anywhere per time so as to ensure adherence to physical distancing.

For the manufacturing sector, “we encourage shift work for manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies and limiting staff to only 30-50% to maintain physical distancing and pharmacy shops may remain open overnight,” he said.

Financial institutions such as banks will be allowed to open but there will be restriction of opening hours between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Restaurants have been asked not open to the public but will be allowed to engage in in-home delivery of food.

Academic institutions are, however, advised to remain closed until further evaluation is done.

“Schools are encouraged to continue with e-learning and virtual teaching”, the PTF coordinator added.

As for government staff, he stated that they will be allowed to resume based on specific grade levels and specific days, so as to reduce the level of congestion at the workplace.

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