The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, indicted the Federal Ministry of Health of not putting serious measures in place to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
He, therefore, urged the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care to further liaise with the Ministry to intensify screening of passengers at the nation’s airports and seaports.Boroffice drew the attention of the Senate to the failure of health personnel at the airports and seaports to thoroughly screen passengers coming into the country.
He said the screening at the South African airport usually takes up to 30 minutes before passengers would be allowed to disembark the aircraft.He said the situation was different on his arrival at the Nigerian airport when the health officials in the nation’s airports merely issued a form for passengers to indicate if they were sick or not.
“It is worrisome, situations where travellers coming into the country were not dully screened for the dreaded virus.”
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