The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has raised an alarm over an unhealthy practice of some Nigerians who pick face masks from rubbish dumps and sell them.

The Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA, who raised the alarm at the PTF press briefing in Abuja, warned that such a practice would worsen the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

He also called on some northern state governments to suspend the evacuation of Quranic school pupils, popularly known as Almajiri, to their states of origin.

The PTF chairman also challenged indigenous researchers to come up with a cure and willingly submit their findings for the validation process.