The Federal Government has said the three returnees from Dubai who got infected with coronavirus have shown that pre-evacuation tests were “no guarantee”.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this on Monday in Abuja during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.reports that the Lagos State Health Commissioner, Akin Abayomi, announced on Sunday that three of the 256 Nigerians evacuated from Dubai on May 6 and under supervised quarantine in the state, tested positive for the virus.
He said, “The Emirates has a mandatory testing system before they board the flight. They were tested. “Our medical experts had told us it was not necessary that they test beforehand and I think that this proves it because the period of gestation is not one that can be necessarily seen immediately. “So, even if you test, you could actually start seeing some days after the flight. It is not a full-proof way. What we have maintained is the temperature test, close observation, and so on and so forth.DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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