Thousands flock to Lagos beach, ignoring coronavirus concerns [Video]

<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1675" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-6UDnZAvPHpT&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1451" height&equals;"1004" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Thousands of people in Lagos are seemingly ignoring social distancing guidelines during new year holiday and Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s second wave of coronavirus&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite warnings from Presidential Taskforce and public health experts&comma; a video sighted by The Daily Page show multitude of people gathered in a Elegushi beach&comma; Lagos&comma; early this morning&comma; January 3rd&comma; 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watch video&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" lang&equals;"en">A beach in Lagos earlier today &quest;&quest;&&num;x200d&semi;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;s&period;w&period;org&sol;images&sol;core&sol;emoji&sol;16&period;0&period;1&sol;72x72&sol;2642&period;png" alt&equals;"&male;" class&equals;"wp-smiley" style&equals;"height&colon; 1em&semi; max-height&colon; 1em&semi;" &sol;>&quest;&quest;&&num;x200d&semi;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;s&period;w&period;org&sol;images&sol;core&sol;emoji&sol;16&period;0&period;1&sol;72x72&sol;2642&period;png" alt&equals;"&male;" class&equals;"wp-smiley" style&equals;"height&colon; 1em&semi; max-height&colon; 1em&semi;" &sol;>&quest;&quest;&&num;x200d&semi;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;s&period;w&period;org&sol;images&sol;core&sol;emoji&sol;16&period;0&period;1&sol;72x72&sol;2642&period;png" alt&equals;"&male;" class&equals;"wp-smiley" style&equals;"height&colon; 1em&semi; max-height&colon; 1em&semi;" &sol;> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;re1uJ5t2SA">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;re1uJ5t2SA<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Naija &lpar;&commat;Naija&lowbar;PR&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Naija&lowbar;PR&sol;status&sol;1345837266669858817&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 3&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Essentially&comma; every Nigerian should be practicing social distancing as World Health Organization recommended the guidelines as a measure to contain the deadly virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Muhammadu Buhari&comma; during his Nationwide broadcast to Nigerians on New year&&num;8217&semi;s day&comma; urged all Nigerians to keep the country safe from a resurgent cycle of COVID-19&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He&comma; therefore&comma; urged all Nigerians to observe strict Covid 19 prevention protocols&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; as of time of filing this report&comma; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC recorded 576 new cases of coronavirus&comma; bringing the total number to 89&comma; 163 confirmed cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng">thedailypage&period;ng<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;