Federal Capital Territory has mandated workers at Grade level 1 to 12 to stay at home as to prevent further spread of the coronavirus .
It has also ordered for the immediate closure of mosques, churches, shops in the markets and neighbourhood centres , except those selling food items and other essential commodities.
The Minister of FCT, Muhammad Bello, made this statement known at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
Bello said, “Shops in the markets and neighbourhood centres in the FCT are to be shut to traders except those who sell essential commodities and medicines. However, pharmacies and supermarkets selling essential products and bakeries are to remain open but abide strictly by laid down measures .”
He added that the FCT had raised an emergency response team to tackle the spread.
Also, to help manage the situation at hand, the FCT would work closely with the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital to expand the capacity of the current isolation and treatment centre to accommodate more patients as the need arise.
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