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Yusuf Alli, Abuja
WORRIED by the lethargy in states in spite of the resurgence of Coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government is mounting pressure on state governments to take concrete steps to curtail its spread.
It is bothered about the poor approach of the states and inconsistency in reaction to the National Response Plan on COVID -19 as enumerated by the Presidential Task Force (PTF).
Apart from partially closing down their isolation centres, some states have not reported any infections in many weeks, an indication of low or no testing at all.
It was gathered that most of the nation’s 90 laboratories in the states are not working optimally.