1. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday, confirmed 86 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.
Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, who disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse on Sunday, explained that the victim returned from Lagos and was isolated for weeks and his samples returned positive. 4. The Peoples Democratic Party has called for the suspension of charges for use of ATM cards and low amount mobile fund transfers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
He complained that rich Nigerians who had tested positive for the disease were shunning government-approved Isolation Centres and were using unapproved private hospitals for treatment. 8. The Lagos State Government has said there is no law or policy in place that forbids the release of the bodies of patients who died of COVID-19 to their families for burial.