The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed its readiness to tackle any potential outbreak of Coronavirus.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, said this during her visit to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
The World Health Organisation had placed Nigeria as a high-risk country to experience an outbreak of Coronavirus. But Farouq said a lot of technological tools and human resources have been deployed by the relevant agencies of government at the Airport as well as the National Center for Decease Control Agency’s laboratory at Gaduwa, Abuja.
“Nigeria has responded to the pandemic challenge by mobilising all relevant government agencies to ensure our people are protected by putting in place measures for prevention of the spread of the virus, early detection and if necessary managing cases detected in the country.
The health minister in his comments said that while there are no reported cases of Coronavirus, the health sector already has an effective coordination architecture to prepare for a potential outbreak.He said the Nigerian public health sector has demonstrated an effective and sustainable coordination system that is filled out on emergencies.
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