FOLLOWING a resurgence of COVID-19 in China and the detection of the new Omicron subvariants, BA.5.2 and BF.7, said to be responsible for fuelling local infections in the Asian country, the Federal Government has to swiftly reintroduce safety measures to forestall the variants from entering Nigeria.
COVID-19 has so far killed over 6.8 million people worldwide since 2019, disrupted national and global economies, and confounded the accumulate scientific knowledge of humanity. Carelessness should therefore not be an option.
The global community is once more on edge over the discovery of the new subvariants in China, the same country from where the first outbreak began. Though they have not been officially designated by the WHO as variants of concern, many countries have been responding accordingly with strict epidemiological control measures, including restriction of travellers who have been to China, increased vaccination, and enforcement of health protocols at entry points and among the local population.
At the airports, seaports and land borders, security, border, and health officials should be at alert. There should be zero-tolerance for the unpreparedness, indiscretion and nonchalance that facilitated the entrance in February 2020 of an infected foreigner from Italy, who did not go through preventive protocols at the Lagos airport and sucked Nigeria into the pandemic.
Nigeria’s leaders should be responsible and lead by example.The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , and many other officials, governors and legislators were negligent in 2019/2020. They travelled around carelessly. Buhari jetted to South Africa and the United Arab Emirates at the height of calls to impose travel curbs.
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