The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Sunday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on their work so far.
Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, while addressing the media after the meeting, warned those flouting the guidelines on the relaxed lockdown, that the virus is going nowhere at least for the next two months.
Mustapha, who said that COVID-19 is a marathon race and not 100 meters race, added that no vaccine was in the horizon, and that the ones being developed would take about 18 months to two years before they would be confirmed for human use.
“COVID-19 is not going to go away in the next one or two months, whoever tells you that is not being realistic. No vaccine is in the horizon, we are talking about 18 months to two years before vaccines would be confirm for human use as far as COVID-19. And unless we get there, it means that it will remain,” he said.
“It might have cycles, after the first cycle of pandemic, they might be a relief, there can be a resurgence and that is evidenced all over the world. It has happened before as is the nature of infections.
“So, I believe that what we are going to do now as a taskforce is to come down to the level of having the communities take ownership of the response.”
