President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public places mandatory, among other measures to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, said the president signed the
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The Anambra state Head of Service, Bar Harry Udu has warned civil servants in the state against trivializing COVID-19 protocols, especially wearing of facemasks at public places. He said the state could not afford to experience another spike of the pandemic, as it was being experienced in the western world. Udu spoke during the 2020
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Eight persons arrested without wearing face masks, nor observing other COVID-19 safety protocols, at Eke Awka market roundabout, have been subjected to community service of clearing refuse from nearby gutters. The arrest is coming barely one week after the Anambra state government set up a Monitoring and Enforcement Task Force for the newly signed Anambra
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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has advised people of the state to ensure they always put on face masks while stepping out of their houses or be ready to pay a fine of N10,000 or certain hours of community service. He said it was an offence to be seen in the public without a
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A man who stole three face masks from a London hospital during the coronavirus crisis has been jailed for three months. Lerun Hussain, 34, pleaded guilty to the theft at a London magistrates’ court on Tuesday after the theft from King’s College Hospital late on Sunday. Hussain, from south London, was arrested on suspicion of
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A man has been jailed for six months for stealing personal protective equipment, including face masks, from an ambulance, police in London said on Thursday. Mark Manley, 35, pleaded guilty to theft, public order offences and assaulting a security guard who challenged him about the incident near a south London hospital last Saturday evening. The
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