•L-R: Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Mrs Sadiya Farouk; Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; and Minister
of Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika, during the ministers’ visit to the coronavirus screening facility at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja …on Tuesday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa
The Lancet medical journal reported that the three African countries were at particular risk because of higher levels of travel and trade with China, where the COVID-19 virus first arose. These include temperature screening at ports of entry, recommendations to avoid travel to China and improved health information provided to health professionals and the general public.
Fortunately, Egypt, Algeria and South Africa have “the most prepared health systems in the continent”, the report found.
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