By Stanley Onyekwere
In the wake of the COVID-19 surge, the FCT Minister, Mallam, Muhammad Musa Bello has reminded Abuja residents that it is not time to have complacent attitude towards the pandemic.
Bello revealed that over the last few weeks witnessed a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 positive cases and fatalities in the FCT and around the country.
Making this point, in his new year message to residents of the FCT, the Minister enjoined them to abide by all extant COVID-19 prevention protocols of hand washing, facial covering, physical distancing and vaccination.
He disclosed that COVID-19 testing and vaccination are available at designated health centers and strategic locations across the city at no cost.
According to him, “You are enjoined to join the fight against this disease by making yourself available for testing and vaccination. That is the only way we can attain herd immunity and truly turn the tide against COVID-19.
“Our health facilities remain some of the best in the country and our response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been exemplary, largely due to the dedication and commitment to duty of our frontline health personnel and I salute all of them.
“We have not allowed the experience of the COVID-19 crisis go to waste as we have leveraged it to improve our health facilities including upgrading our hospitals and health centers and the establishment of a molecular diagnostic laboratory by the Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee.”
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