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UPDATE 1-Nigeria to ease COVID-19 curbs on inter-state travel and students

Published 29/06/2020, 17:43
Updated 29/06/2020, 17:48

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ABUJA, June 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria will let people travel
between its states outside curfew hours from July 1, a senior
official said on Monday as authorities moved to relax some
coronavirus restrictions.
Students due to graduate this year will also be able to go
back to school to prepare for exams, though other children are
still barred from attending, said Boss Mustapha, chair of the
presidential taskforce on the infection.
The taskforce is trying to strike a "delicate balance"
between protecting people's livelihoods and their health, he
added.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country with around 200
million people, has reported 24,000 cases of the virus and 565
deaths as of Sunday.
Authorities have imposed a 10pm to 4am curfew and ordered
people to wear masks in public places to curb the spread of the
virus. Gatherings are limited to 20 people.
"We have observed with growing concern the non-compliances
with these measures designed to prevent transmission," Mustapha
told reporters in the capital, Abuja. "We run the risk of
erasing the gains made in the last three months," he said.

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