The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, discloses that he will re-impose lockdown beginning from January as the number of covid-19 cases surge in the state.
The Governor gave hint of imminent 2nd phase of lockdown amid rising cases of COVID-19 during the thanksgiving church service in celebration of the 90th birthday of Mrs. Priscilla Nwanediye Mark, at the St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government on Sunday.
Wike lamented as worrisome the refusal of most churches and markets in the State to enforce compulsory wearing of face masks in adherence to COVID-19 safety protocol.
He disclosed that the State government had initially relaxed the restriction on the number of individuals who worship in churches, but with the 2nd wave of COVID-19, he will by this week announce new stringent measures to check the spread of COVID-19 cases in the State.
In his words...
“When you go to some churches, they don’t wear masks. Go to the market, they don’t wear masks. They believe COVID is not real. It’s not real because it has not happened to you; nobody has died whom you know. When somebody has died and the person was close to you, you will know that COVID is real.
“So, it is real and I want to appeal to all of you that we have to be stricter now because the second wave is more dangerous than the first wave. It’s very, very dangerous. I know how many people we have lost since the second wave started.”
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