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Nigeria records 5,809 COVID-19 cases in 10 days, NMA predicts NIN spike Our correspondents The Nigerian Medical Association on Thursday said that the Nigerian Communications Commission’s fresh directive on   the national identification number  could lead to a spike  in COVID-19 cases. The NCC had on Tuesday directed telephone companies to deactivate telephone lines of users who failed to link their NIN to subscribers’ identification modules within two weeks. Findings by one of our correspondents showed that the country had witnessed an increase in COVID-19 cases as 5,809 people were infected between December 7 and December 16. Advising Nigerians on gatherings at the NIN registration centres, the NMA  President, Professor Innocent Uja in an interview with The PUNCH, said more people could be infected at the NIN centres if they disregarded safety protocols.

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