The Senate has asked the Federal Government to restrict large gatherings in the country as a means of preventing the spread of Coronavirus.
The Upper Chamber is also calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the country on the measures taken to address the crisis.
The lawmakers are also seeking the creation of testing centers to be established in every state to be funded by the Federal Government.
The Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight.
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All five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States, it was reported that three of the new cases arrived from the US while the other two arrived from the United Kingdom.
Four of the cases were Nigerians including a six-week-old baby while the fifth was a foreign national who came in through the land border.
This is the first recorded case of the infection through Nigeria’s land borders. Of the five new cases, one is in Ekiti State and the other four in Lagos State.
In another story, the 2020 Batch A Stream One NYSC members arrived on camp on March 10 and are expected to leave three weeks after.
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But the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Wednesday, said the NYSC members would be released to resume at their places of primary assignment.
He tweeted that the closure was a precautionary measure on coronavirus.
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