Coronavirus: Nigeria Places Italy, Iran, S’Korea, Japan on Watch List via thisdaylive
•Cautions schools against forcing students to wear face masksOnyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja, Martins Ifijeh in Lagos, Francis Sardauna in Katsina and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
Also, following the outbreak of Coronavirus in Lagos, the Katsina State Government has inaugurated an emergency operation centre to tackle any outbreak of the disease in the state. He explained that the federal government has now added four more countries to enable authorities to heighten surveillance for travellers from these countries.
“This virus is circulating around the world and over 50 countries have been affected. We will do our very best to ensure it doesn’t further enter Nigeria and even if a few more cases happen, we can walk together to defeat it. Nigerians are also very cooperative. They have shown that truly, we can come together to address these incidents.”
“We have 23 emergency operation centres in the country as of today. This is an investment we have made over the past few years. We have five new molecular laboratories, which are actually not easy to set up. The buildings are actually the easiest part. The more difficult ones are the laboratory and scientific expertise, the reagents, and the likes,” he added.
The minister added that the team of health officials had been able to identify and quarantine 19 persons in Lagos who had met the index definition. Regarding the incidence and scope of fatality of the virus disease, he said China was leading with over 95 per cent cases while it had so far claimed 2,977 lives from 59 countries.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Yakubu Danja, who briefed journalists yesterday on the preparedness of the state government, said the government had also reactivated its Emergency Response Committee and purchased personal protective equipment.
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