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COVID-19: NCDC Says Weddings, Burials To Resume Soon

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigerians will soon be allowed to conduct weddings and burial ceremonies.

Speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Thursday  NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, noted that guidelines on mass gatherings have not been relaxed.

He said, “We may also restart the funeral activities that we have postponed for months, start the weddings, wine carryings, birthing, baptisms that we have postponed for months.

“Yes, it’s important to do these things and the interstate travel will allow us to do this but remember we haven’t relaxed the guidelines of mass gatherings.”

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