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Nigeria - Covid-19 cases and news - 55,829 cases; 1,075 deaths

Source: https://www.macaubusiness.com/nigeria-reverses-school-resumption-as-covid-19-cases-top-30000/

July 9, 2020
MNAInternational
Nigeria reverses school resumption as COVID-19 cases top 30,000
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Xinhua News Agency

The Nigerian government has said it considers the reopening of schools unsafe for now, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country topped 30,000.

Late Wednesday, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control confirmed 460 new cases to increase the national tally to 30,249 so far. The figure includes 684 deaths and 12,373 recoveries since the index case was recorded on Feb. 27.

The increase in COVID-19 cases worries the Nigerian government and the reopening of schools, earlier planned for Monday, might be very dangerous at this time, Adamu Adamu, the education minister told reporters in Abuja on Wednesday.

“Our schools will only open when we believe it is safe for our children and that is when the situation is right, not when the number of COVID-19 infection is going up in the nation. So, I just want to make that clear,” said Adamu.

On June 29, the Nigerian government had announced it was considering the safe reopening of schools to allow students in graduating classes to resume in-person in preparation for examinations...
 
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