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Nigeria puts six states on Covid-19 red alert, curbs gatherings

Dr Ngong Cyprian receives his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine from Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, at the National hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, March 5, 2021. [Reuters]

Nigeria has put six states on red alert after seeing a “worrisome” rise in Covid-19 infections, a government official said, urging people to curb gatherings and hold prayers outside mosques during this week’s Muslim festival Eid-el-Kabir.

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