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Coronavirus: “We Are Not Shutting Down Schools, Worship Centres” ~Edo Govt
As many states across the federation have banned social and religious gathering to curb the Coronavirus pandemic, the Edo state government has said that it has no plans of shutting down schools and worship centres.
While receiving religious leaders from the state in his office on Friday, Governor Godwin Obaseki said there is no need for anyone in the state to panic as his government has taken appropriate measures to prevent the importation of the virus into the state.
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He however added that his government has put up measures to deal with the spread of the virus if it eventually finds its way to the state.
”There is no plan to shut down places of worship except it becomes absolutely necessary. However, we would want to appeal that for the sake of your congregation, we should look at how to keep people from being too close from one another. It is possible to place visual services” he said
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