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Today, NCDC was part of the inaugural meeting for the Presidential Task Force for the Control of Coronavirus

The task force, led by @OHCSFnigeria, will work to strengthen national response strategy through

-Deployment of resources
-Research
-Public awareness
-Collaboration
Outcomes from the first meeting of the Presidential Taskforce on #COVID19 chaired by @OfficialOSGFNG:

1) There is a ban on ALL travel for public servants

2) We strongly discourage travel by Nigerians to affected countries except for essential trips
3) We encourage everyone returning to Nigeria from any country to self-isolate for 14-days

4) All those returning from countries where there is high (over 1000 cases cumulatively) community transmission, will be actively followed up for 14 days by NCDC & Port Health Services
Critically, ALL Nigerians are urged to maintain personal and respiratory hygiene

Decisions will be reviewed appropriately as the situation evolves.

Signed,
Presidential Taskforce on #COVID19
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These are updates from the Presidential Taskforce on #COVID19 led by @OfficialOSGFNG, as at March 18, 2020: Image
Govt. of Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travellers from: China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, United States of America, Norway, United Kingdom, Netherlands & Switzerland

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has also suspended the issuance of visa on arrival to travelers from these countries.
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The Honourable Minister @Fmohnigeria has announced a second confirmed case of #COVID19 in Nigeria.

This second case is a contact of the index case, in Ogun state. The new case has been in isolation and was tested as part of our strategy to test all contacts of the index case.
Recent studies have shown that increased surveillance, isolation of contacts & in particular, contact tracing reduces the risk of spread of #COVID19

All other contacts of the index case in Ogun & Lagos will remain in isolation & testing will be done on those not yet tested
Since the first case was confirmed in Lagos, the NCDC has been supporting the Ogun State Emergency Operations Centre to respond accordingly

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