Mustapha said the gradual reopening of the economy in the past two weeks has been sign-posted by the controlled opening and increased access to markets and supermarkets, banks, and other income-yielding activities for the vulnerable population.
Similarly, corporations and government offices partially opened their operations and services so as to facilitate the activities of other sectors during the period. Some manufacturing, construction, and allied sectors also resumed.
"All these sectors ensured that adequate infection mitigation measures were put in place," Mustapha said.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the most populous African country stood at 5,959, and 182 deaths as of Monday, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control. A total of 1,594 cases had recovered.
Despite these figures, Mustapha said the transmission of the virus has been consistently under control and the measures put in place have collectively slowed down the transmission of the virus in Nigeria.
"The healthcare system has been better equipped to detect, test, isolate and treat every case, and trace every person who came into contact with a positive case with the increase in the number of laboratories from 15 to 26; ramping up of testing to a cumulative total of 35,098," he added. .
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