The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the protocol of self-isolation of returning travellers into the country did not prove successful.
Ehanire, while fielding questions at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, stated that the protocol had been reviewed and quarantine was adopted instead.
He said, “The policy we have now is that anybody arriving Nigeria from anywhere whether by air, land or by sea will go into quarantine for 14 days. During those 14 days, they will be observed for any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 disease. They will be tested at the beginning and at the end. “We don’t have a provision for isolation at home. At the very beginning, we had that provision that if you came in and did not have a symptom, you isolate at home. Since then, all the cases we are dealing with now came in and multiplied. In order to reduce the incidence of cases coming in and then forming clusters of new infections, the provision has now changed to what we call isolation-one or quarantine.
“Quarantine is for those who have not been confirmed or who are under isolation. If during the period, signs and symptoms show up, they will be tested. If they are positive, they will go to treatment centres. If, after 14 days, they show no symptoms or signs and they are tested and are negative, they are free to go. That is the protocol we have now.”
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19: I did not recommend self-medication - Bala MohammedThe Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammad, said by revealing the drug used while in isolation, he was not encouraging self medication by...
Read more »
COVID-19: I did not recommend self-medication, says Gov. MohammedThe Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, said by revealing the drug used while in isolation, he was not encouraging self-medication by people that...
Read more »
COVID-19: Gov. Bala Mohammed defends self, says God cured him despite taking Chloroquine, ZithromaxGovernor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has explained that God cured him of COVID-19 despite the drugs he took. The governor's assertion is part of his defense after facing backlash from medical experts for allegedly revealing and prescribing treatment for coronavirus. Governor Mohammed explained that he took Chloroquine and Zithromax because he had to take
Read more »
COVID-19: Self-isolation has failed, says MinisterThe Federal Government on Thursday admitted that its policy on self-isolation (isolation from home), especially for those coming into the country...
Read more »
Nigeria's initial self-isolation policy led to increased coronavirus cases - MinisterThe protocol of self-isolation for returning travellers as part of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 led to increased cases in the country, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said.
Read more »
COVID-19: Why self-isolation has failed – Nigerian govtNigerian Government has admitted that its policy on self-isolation especially for those coming into the country by air, land or sea, has failed. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said this during the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Thursday, adding that the failure was because, at that time, there were
Read more »