The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said the agency will roll out a policy on face masks this week.
The Director General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said this on Monday in Abuja during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
According to Dr Ihekweazu, the NCDC is almost done with the face mask policy but the draft is still being looked at by the agency.
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“Last week, I did say we would release a policy on face masks. That policy has almost been completed,” the NCDC boss explained. In fact, the draft is now being looked at by various (his) colleagues to make sure that we are all alive. By tomorrow or next, we would be releasing that policy for all of us to align with.”
He also revealed that thirty percent of the cases in the country were discovered via contact tracing.
Yetunde Adegoke
