The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to be prepared for tougher measures to curtail the ongoing spread of Coronavirus Disease.
It said it will unveil the measures in the next 24 to 48 hours.
The government also said it might use the military and the Nigeria Police for contact tracing.
It expressed worries that more than 1,300 contacts who have dissolved into the society and yet to be traced.
The government said with the likely multiplication of infections every five days, thousands would have been affected.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the disclosure at a briefing in Abuja.
