“As far as the two fronts are concerned, we are on safe ground and we pray we continue to be on safe ground.”
Ehanire said this at a news conference on the level of preparedness of the Federal Government over Covid-19 on Friday in Abuja.
He said “I have met twice with the Chinese ambassador, he told me that there are 60 Nigerians in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak is prominent; no Nigerian is sick and the authority is providing them with food. He said that facilities were mounted in those airports to detect any passenger with high temperature for further testing, noting that the country had the capacity to test the virus in three centres of Abuja; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ; Lagos; NCDC and Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo.
Update of FG's continuous level of preparedness on COVID-19 by HMH and the DG, NCDC. Photo: TWITTER/FMOHNIGERIA
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