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Nigeria imposes restrictions amid sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

Nigeria imposes restrictions amid sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

There are concerns there is too much indifference towards the coronavirus pandemic in Africa's most populous nation.

Nigeria has imposed restrictions in its administrative and commercial capitals following a sharp rise in cases, and its first death.

But the streets are still packed with people.

Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris reports from Abuja.

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