We Are Trying Hard To Avoid Another Lockdown – Health Minister

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The Federal Government, on Thursday, said it is trying hard to prevent a second  lockdown, as cases of COVID-19 infections continue to rise across the country.

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, who disclosed this said the government would only push for a lockdown of the country as the last resort.

“The lockdown is always a last resort. It is not the first step that the government takes. If you hear of the countries which had to do lockdown –  the UK and many European countries –  it was because they were getting figures that were running virtually amok.

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“So, the consequence of a lockdown on the economy including the social consequences are such that you do not take that (lockdown) as a first step. So, we are trying very hard to see that it does not come to a lockdown,” he said while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

On Thursday, Nigeria’s infections crossed the 127,000 mark, out of which more than 100,000 have recovered.

As the country drives to tame the ravaging pandemic, adherence to non-pharmaceutical measures have been a knotty issue with many citizens flouting the guidelines.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday signed the Coronavirus Health Protection Regulation 2021, a move targeted at strengthening Nigeria’s efforts at combating the disease which has infected more than 100 million people around the world.