07 Apr COVID-19 Update: Presidential Task Force now a Steering Committee
President Buhari has directed that the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19 should transition to become the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), with a modified mandate.
The chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, announced this at its weekly briefing on Tuesday.
He said “Following expiration of the extension on March 31, 2021 and a detailed review, the PTF submitted its report to Mr President for appropriate decisions,”
“The President has considered the report and has approved that the PTF will transition to a Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, effective from 1 April 2021, with a modified mandate to reflect the non-emergent status of COVID-19 as a potentially long-term pandemic.”
He added that the PSC would maintain the present constitution, functions and strategies of the PTF; be supported by a slim technical and administrative structure.
Other highlights of the briefing include: The direction for civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to continue working from home till further notice.
States administering the COVID – 19 vaccines to stop the exercise when they may have used half of the doses allocated to them because it was not sure when next the second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine would arrive the country.
NCDC is investigating the reported blood clotting in some individuals that had taken the first jab of AstraZeneca vaccine.
Tuesday Caseload: 58 new cases were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday.
Till date, there are 163,388 confirmed cases, with 153, 630 recoveries and 2058.
The 58 new cases were reported from 11 states as: Lagos (32), Kaduna (5), Enugu (4), Kano (4), Edo (3), FCT (3), Osun (3), Abia (1), Bauchi (1), Gombe (1), and Rivers (1
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