{"id":46974,"date":"2021-07-18T13:48:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T12:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=46974"},"modified":"2021-07-18T12:47:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T11:47:52","slug":"covid-19-third-wave-fg-puts-lagos-kano-abuja-others-on-red-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-third-wave-fg-puts-lagos-kano-abuja-others-on-red-alert","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 third wave: FG puts Lagos, Kano, Abuja, others on red alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has put six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on red alert.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid fears of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following the confirmation of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The six states include Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, and Plateau.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Saturday signed by the Secretary to the Government of the<\/p>\n<p>Federation\/Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha.<\/p>\n<p>Mustapha warned other states to increase their level of preparedness and continue to enforce all COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n<p>He also cautioned Nigerians to be careful as they celebrate Eid-el-Kabir on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the confirmation of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and the rising number of infections and hospitalisations in the country, the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has put six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on red alert as part of the preventive measures against a third wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe states are Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, and the FCT,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n<p>It also noted that the federal government will sustain \u201ccurrent restrictive measures against travellers arriving from India, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lagos govt takes step to prevent COVID-19 third wave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has put six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on red alert. This comes amid fears of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following the confirmation of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the country. 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