Nigeria has put six states on red alert after seeing a scary surge in COVID-19 infections, a government official said, urging people to curb gatherings and hold prayers outside mosques during this week’s Muslim festival Eid-el-Kabir.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is like most parts of the continent now facing COVID-19 third wave after detecting a more transmissible ‘Delta variant.’
The head of the presidential steering committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau States and the Federal Capital Territory had been placed on red alert as part of preventive measures against the pandemic.
A red alert allows authorities in the states to restrict celebrations and gatherings to a minimum.
