The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said it has disbursed N1billion each to 32 states in the country amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu disclosed this on Monday during the daily briefing in Abuja.
He said the money was released to the state governments recently.
“This is for the purpose of driving their COVID responses and we are asking them to prioritise testing in addition to surveillance activities linked to COVID-19,” he said.
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Speaking also at the briefing, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, noted that though the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country had been declining, the government cannot celebrate yet because testing was still low in many states.
“The number of reported cases daily has declined nationally in the last few weeks. We have seen a 36 per cent decline in August compared to July on national figures.
“Unfortunately, we cannot celebrate this until we test sufficient figures in every state,” he stated.
