FG to disinfect schools nationwide due to Coronavirus
The Muhammad Buhari led administration has revealed that schools will be disinfected nationwide due to the deadly Coronavirus.
This revelation was made by the Ministry of Environment Muhammad Mahmood.
He explained that apart of the steps to curb the spread of the Coronavirus will be to sanitize the schools.
He revealed that he will be partnering with the Federal Ministry of Education to get details of very school.
He said, “We are initiating a programme of decontaminating and disinfecting our schools before they open.
“Because subsequently in the phases (of reopening the lockdown), I believe we will get to that point when we start opening the schools.
“So, we will be liaising with the Federal Ministry of Education to make sure we have the needed data to carry out the exercise.”
“Today we will like to brief you on our first video conference with our Environmental Health Sanitation desks across the country, the 36 states plus the FCT.
“Also in attendance was a representative of the World Health Organisation, the purpose of which is to build additional capacity and to reiterate adherence to the guidelines in this response to COVID-19.”
