COVID: We’re observing other countries — not only China, says NCDC | TheCable COVID19
Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general, said this on Monday during an interview on ‘The World Today’, a programme by Channels Television.
Following a surge in China’s COVID cases, and the country’s decision to drop its strict zero-COVID policy, countriesthere was no reason to impose restrictions on travellers coming to Nigeria from China.Speaking on Monday, Adetifa said while Nigerians are rightfully concerned about what is going on in China, there has also been a rise in cases in some other countries.
“When we look at the data, we are seeing upticks in cases, hospitalisation, and deaths in many countries in the world. The data shows an increase in cases in the UK, US, China and other countries,” he said. “We are looking at risk across all countries where there is potentially travel to and fro Nigeria. The other thing we know is that there are concerns that there may be new variants; Omicron sub-variants that may also be contributing to the uptick in cases.
The director-general said the agency will continue to review data weekly to determine if action needs to be taken.
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