#Coronavirus: Lagos state government shuts down public, private schools

Following the spread of the global pandemic known as coronavirus, Lagos state government has ordered the shutdown of all private and public schools as a preventive measure.

The information which was disclosed in a tweet via the official Twitter handle of the state government noted that closure of schools takes effect from Monday, March 23.

According to the government, the precaution had become necessary to prevent children and teachers from getting more vulnerable to the pandemic.

From the Twitter handle, the state government made it clear that the closure was not intended to create panic but to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

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