Vehicular traffic in Port Harcourt has considerably reduced as the cloud of fear caused by the spread of the Coronavirus thickens.
A Port Harcourt Telegraph Correspondent who went round the city Saturday morning reports that most businesses and shops have been shut.
He says not too many people, who are obviously complying with official directives, were seen on the usually busy streets of the Garden City.
Governor Nyesom Wike has in the meantime explained that the ban on the closure of businesses would not include sellers of foodstuff and essential drugs.
So far, only one person, an Edo lady resident in Rivers State, has tested positive to the coronavirus.
Over 600,000 persons globally are affected by the monstrous virus, with the United States top on the chart of nations that are currently ravaged by the unseen enemy.
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson Friday joined the ranks of world leaders who have traces of the dreaded virus in their system.
More than 80 Nigerians are afflicted with the virus as the number of confirmed cases soar by the day.
Most of the disease, has been imported into the country by returning travellers who were abroad.
But the good news is that the fatality rate has remained rather low in comparison to other nations.
This situation, some observers say, suggests that Nigerian medical doctors as well as other paramedics are holding out in the fight against the spread of the disease.
Sunday, Governor Wike is expected to lead a team which is determined to ensure that religious groups obey the order which places open air worships under lock and key.