Coronavirus: Reps ask FG to ban religious gatherings

Yusuf Bello| The house of representatives on Wednesday urged the federal government to ban all religious gatherings in the country to prevent the spread of Covid 19.

The house, however, rejected prayer for the federal government to shut all schools for two weeks and to ban all foreign airlines from entering Nigeria.

The house also agreed to test all members and staff of the national assembly, as well as temporarily ban visitors from the legislative complex.

Nigeria on Wednesday reported five new cases of Coronavirus.

The federal government on Wednesday banned travellers from 13 countries with over 1,000 cases of the virus.

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