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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of at least one oxygen plant in each of the 36 States of the federation.<\/p>\n

President Buhari also approved the rehabilitation of five oxygen plants across tertiary health institutions in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cApproval has been given to rehabilitate five oxygen plants across various tertiary health institutions in Abuja.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President has also approved that at least one oxygen plant should be established in each state of the federation immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Coordinator will elaborate on this during this briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is currently confronting us is a critical phase of infections globally,\u201d Mustapha said.<\/p>\n

Mustapha said that the PTF are constantly reviewing their strategy to emerging situations, especially in risk communication, vaccine hesitancy, fake news\/disinformation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night recorded 1,354 new infections of COVID-19 in the country.<\/p>\n

The NCDC stated that the new infections bring Nigeria\u2019s total to 92,705.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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