The Federal Government on Monday said it is maintaining vigilance and a high level of preparedness at the entry points to prevent a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
The FG made this known on Monday at the Federal Ministry of Health ministerial press briefing on COVID-19 and other development in the health sector.
Speaking at the briefing, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the ministry has met with the World Health Organisation and the Embassy of China to review the resurgence of COVID-19 in China.
Ehanire said, “About the development of COVID-19 resurgence in the republic of China, my ministry has been having discussions with the World Health Organisation with the senior officials of the ministry and we have had technical sessions to do a situation review and among those we spoke to are the representatives of the Embassy of China to give us an update on what is happening on COVID-19.
“The observed increase in number of cases in China, the USA and Europe is seasonal and it is not unexpected during the winter.“From what you know so far, not that there is a new variant but there are sub-variants and they are different. “The ministry of health will continue to maintain vigilance and a high level of preparedness especially at our points of entry.
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