The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control [NCDC], Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the agency has adopted physical distancing to replace social distancing that was earlier prescribed for Nigerians.
He said this was so because of the huge population of the country and its high density, which was rated fifth in the world.
He said the closeness of people living in a geographical space made it easy to spread the coronavirus.
Ihekweazu said the record had shown that mobility in Nigeria had reduced by 27 per cent.
According to him, the figure has to be lower to ensure that the virus is completely eradicated from Nigeria.
He noted that the obstacle would be bigger if economic and other activities were restarted before getting over the burden.
