Abia State Government has announced the extension of the lockdown over covid-19 by seven days effective from Wednesday, April 8, 2020.
Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem, who disclosed this in a statement, explained that the extension had become necessary to confirm if indeed the state is free of the virus, stressing that the normal incubation period for the virus is 14 days.
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