{"id":23766,"date":"2020-04-11T15:57:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23766"},"modified":"2020-04-11T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:57:08","slug":"gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown","title":{"rendered":"Gov Bello confirms first case, orders total lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Following the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus in Niger State, Governor Abubakar Bello has declared a total lockdown in the state with effect from Monday, April 13.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had confirmed one case of coronavirus in the state.<\/p>\n<p>It also confirmed 16 other cases in FCT, Lagos, Katsina, Kaduna, Anambra, and Ondo States, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 305.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development on Saturday, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Muhammad Maikusidi, came from Limawa Area in Minna said the case came from Limawa Area in Minna.<\/p>\n<p>Gov Bello also banned all religious activities until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>He further directed the state COVID-19 taskforce to isolate the area for 14 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Following the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus in Niger State, Governor Abubakar Bello has declared a total lockdown in the state with effect from Monday, April 13. Recall that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had confirmed one case of coronavirus in the state. It also confirmed 16 other cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":10436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[1246,1451],"class_list":["post-23766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-ahmadu-bello","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Bello confirms first case, orders total lockdown - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Following the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus in Niger State, Governor Abubakar Bello has declared a total\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov Bello confirms first case, orders total lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Following the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus in Niger State, Governor Abubakar Bello has declared a total\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-11T15:57:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/muhammed-bello.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"387\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Gov Bello confirms first case, orders total lockdown\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-11T15:57:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown\"},\"wordCount\":131,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/muhammed-bello.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ahmadu Bello\",\"COVID-19.\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-confirms-first-case-orders-total-lockdown\",\"name\":\"Gov Bello confirms first case, orders total lockdown - 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