COVID-19: Obaseki extends Edo lockdown
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew from 8pm to 6 am for another 14 days.Obaseki, at a media briefing, explained that the measure was to safeguard the people amid the coronavirus crisis.
“Working closely with the public and private hospitals, we have screened no fewer than 20,000 people and tested 297 of them. This is the reason for the increased number of cases,” he said.
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