The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has given out masks, hand sanitizers, disposal bags for bio- waste and other preventive materials to the Delta State Government as part of its effort to contain the spread of the corona virus pandemic in the country.

NCDC Director of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, JOHN OLADEJO, in a letter to the Delta State Ministry of Health, said since the start of the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, the center has continued to intensify efforts to reduce the risk of spread.

OLADEJO in the letter which accompanied the items said with the activation of the National COVID-19 Emergency Operation Centre they have been meeting on a daily basis to coordinate response activities in line with the COVID-19 Incident Action Plan.