By Bisola Adeyemo
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) Mr. Boss Mustapha announced on Monday that Nigeria had recorded a total of 13 of the B117 variant of COVID-19.
He disclosed this at the briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, Mustapha, also said that six of them were detected last week, adding that all of them came out of samples collected from November to January.
“The PTF, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is working with the Africa Centre for Disease Control on genomic surveillance.
“The PTF wishes to report that shortage of oxygen for case management is gradually being overcome.
“The private sector (Coalition Again COVID-19 (CACOVID) is supporting the provision of oxygen nationwide, and allocations have been made to states.”
Mustapha stressed that most Nigerians do not adhere to the lineup rules and regulations of preventing COVID-19.
“He urged passengers arriving in Nigeria to ensure compliance with international travel protocols and observe non-pharmaceutical intervention measures.
Mustapha said: “The process for accessing vaccines and plans for getting it to the last mile is progressing.
“The PTF wishes to appeal to all Nigerians, particularly the media, to recognise that humanity is at war with an unseen enemy.
“Nations are also struggling to take positions to access the same commodity which is in obvious short supply.
“We must, therefore, play our critical complementary roles of educating the public on the benefits of the vaccines in overcoming the pandemic,” according to NAN.
