On an employee of a non-governmental organisation that tested positive for COVID-19 and his exposure to people living in internally displaced persons’ camps, the minister said that the situation had provided a huge job for the PFT. He said efforts would be made to locate people that the employee had had contact with.
“On an NGO employee, who tested positive for COVID-19 and his exposure to people in the internally displaced persons’ camp, meticulous contact tracing to find out those whom he has been in touch with irrespective of whether they are displaced person or not is going on.”
Kyari: SGF, ministers, others shun NUJ advice not to attend COVID-19 briefing
Top government officials, who attended Kyari’s burial, shunned advice by the Nigeria Union of Journalists to stay away from COVID-19 press briefing.
Besides the SGF, other attendees of the burial, who were present at Monday briefing included the minister of aviation and the PTF coordinator.
The NUJ, the Federal Capital Territory Council, in a statement by its Chairman, Emmanuel Ogbeche, stated, “Following the protocol already established by the PTF and the Presidency in asking all those who attended the funeral rites for the late Mallam Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff to the President, the NUJ urges, in particular, members of the PTF who were at the Defence House and Gudu cemetery, to respectfully not attend the daily COVID-19 briefing until after the 14-day isolation.”
