Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that reopening rail services in Nigeria could mean an additional 2,000 novel Coronavirus infections per day. Speaking on The Osasu Show, Amaechi said it is economically unwise to resume rail services now. We are not in a hurry to reopen the train services, I had a conversation with the chairman in charge of the technical committee on COVID-19 and I did say economically it is not wise. First, you have about 88 passengers per coach, and for you to run social distancing on…
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