The Federal Government has warned that the country has yet to win the war against COVID-19, thereby urging Nigerians to remain alert even as the nation continues the fight against the dreaded disease.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha issued this warning at the task force daily media briefing on Monday in Abuja.
He further advised that the daily low test and case confirmation numbers should not be misinterpreted to mean that Nigeria has overcome, stating that Nigeria has yet to reach the peak of the pandemic.
He said the government has over time ramped up testing but there was more to be done to raise the quantum of test per million.
The PTF chairman said an analysis showed that five states still account for 60 per cent of cumulative cases and 689 out of the 774 local government areas (LGAs) have reported at least one case.
Mustapha also decried that 85 LGAs in 20 states remain with no testing done and no case reported while 50 per cent of all the cases were in 20 per cent of the nation’s LGAs.
He, however, noted that the PTF was happy that many survivors were telling their stories and sharing them on social media.
Mustapha believes the stories of those who he said doubted the existence of the virus and became infected and are now expressing appreciation for the timely intervention of the case management team, have provided compelling proof that the virus is real.
He, therefore, called on the people to continue to observe all existing measures towards curbing the further spread of the disease in the country.