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The National Youth Service Corps said it has put measures in place to ensure that the 37 orientation camps across the country function properly as isolation centres for victims of the spreading coronavirus pandemic.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed fourteen new cases of coronavirus in the country, taking the total number of the infections to 111. “Fourteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos and 5 in FCT

We could be in lockdown for three more months, with further measures after that England's deputy chief medical officer has warned it could be six months or more before the UK gets back to normal from the pandemic. At the daily Downing Street briefing about the  coronavirus  pandemic, Dr. Jenny Harries said lockdown measures could be in place for months and would be lifted gradually before regular life resumes fully. She said the nationwide restrictions would be reviewed every three weeks. Dr. Harries said: "Three weeks for review, two or three months to see if we've really squashed it, but three to six months, ideally... "This is not to say we would be in complete lockdown for six months, but as a nation, we have to be really, really responsible and keep doing what we're all doing until we're sure we can gradually start lifting various interventions which are likely to be spaced - based on the science and our data - until we gradually come back ...

The military says it has prepared 17 hospitals for the isolation and treatment of confirmed cases. The Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said at a press conference in Abuja on Friday that the military had finalised plans to recall retired medical personnel to complement those in active service as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic. Our correspondent learnt that some of the hospitals on standby for the coronavirus pandemic are the Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Abuja; Kaduna Reference Hospital, Kaduna: Port Harcourt Military Hospital and the Lagos Military Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos. Via The Punch