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ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE and GODFREY GEORGE•NSA rejects Israeli contact-tracing technology proposed by Aregbesola
According to the Federal Government’s COVID-19 protocol, passengers arriving the country are mandated to proceed on seven days self isolation, after which they are to report at a designated laboratory to undergo a COVID-19 test. He said that between May 8, 2021, and July 7, 2021, a space of two months, a total of 50,322 passengers of interest arrived in Lagos via the airport.“Of the 50,322 passengers, 18 per cent could not be reached by EKOTELEMED because of the provision of either wrong numbers or wrong Nigerian contact details to be reached on,” Sanwo-Olu said.
But the Chairman, Medical Sub-Committee of the COVID-19 Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee in Abuja, Dr Ejike Oji, said he did not know the exact number of travellers evading testing and isolation. Meanwhile, fresh facts have emerged on how the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno , allegedly rejected a proposal by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to procure a technology that would enhance the tracing of in-bound passengers refusing to isolate and come forward for testing.
Using the unique identities of smartphones, the technology can reveal all persons an infected traveller could have come in contact with. “Note that with over 140 million mobile phone users in the country, with over 70 per cent being smartphones, the system is capable of assisting the government to reduce the spread of the virus through prompt information dissemination and ultimately win the war.”
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