Covid-19: FG Lifts Midnight Curfew, Gathering Restrictions
The Federal Government of Nigeria has eased the nationwide midnight curfew and limitations on gatherings along with other restrictions imposed in 2019 to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
This is after the country recorded 3,142 deaths from 255,468 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data obtained from the. NCDC website.
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement partly read, “The removal of restrictions was decided in view of the declining number of cases, reduced risk of importation of new variants as well as the availability of vaccines”.
“The nationwide curfew imposed from midnight to 04:00 am has been lifted. Advisory limiting Nigerians to essential travels only has been lifted.”
FG also asked civil servants to go back to their offices with proof of vaccination or a “PCR test of not more than 48hrs”.
In the statement, private companies were asked to keep implementing measures to curb the spread of the virus at work.
The limitation on the number of persons and 50 percent limit on persons attending religious gatherings was also lifted but attendees will compulsorily use face masks.
