By Mahmoud Dogara (Bauchi Correspondent)
The Task Force Committee of Bauchi State on Covid-19 and Lassa Fever, has banned any form of social gathering during the celebration of this Eid-El Kabir festival.
This was made known on Thursday by Senator Baba Tell, the Chairman of the Committee, who also doubles up as the State Deputy Governor, during a media briefing after an emergency meeting of the Committee held at the Government House, Bauchi.
Tela said that the ban on social activities during the celebrations became necessary as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus among the people. He urged citizens of the state to ensure total compliance to COVID-19 safety advice on maintaining social and physical distancing, avoidance of mass gatherings and the use of face masks.
He said: “As we approach Eid-El Kabir, we must ensure that it is conducted in line with Covid-19 protocols and to this end, we decided to ban all social gatherings during the celebrations concerning the fight against Covid-19, the state has continued to record successes especially in reducing the sufferings of the confirmed patients"
"The state government has concluded arrangements to scale up the community active case searching in all the Local Government Areas of the state.With your collective support, we will soon defeat this disease out of Bauchi State and return to our normal businesses. I also call on traditional and religious leaders to support the community testing so that the state can be declared COVID-19 free" he said
The Task Force Chairman also used the medium to appreciate the efforts of all frontline health workers, traditional and religious leaders, security agencies and the media for their commitment towards the eradication of COVID-19 pandemic. NNL.
