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Home » Coronavirus: Senate President Directs Health Ministry To Intensify Screening At Airports, Seaports   

Coronavirus: Senate President Directs Health Ministry To Intensify Screening At Airports, Seaports   

by Joshua
February 28, 2020
in Health

President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan has directed the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care to liaise with Federal Ministry of Health to intensify screening for COVID-19 at airports and seaports.

This followed a point of order brought up by Sen. Ajayi Boroffice (APC-Ondo), under article 43 of the Senate Rule.

Ajayi drew the attention of the Senate to the non-screening of passengers coming into the country at the nation airport for COVID 19.

He explained that he was subjected to screening for the disease on arrival at the South African airport for 30 minutes before passengers were allowed to disembark the aircraft.

The president however, said it was surprising that on arrival back to the Nigerian airport, passengers were only issued a form to indicate if they were sick or not.

According to him, there was no form of screening of passengers for COVID 19 by Nigerian officials at the airport.

He said it was worrisome that travellers coming into the country were not duly screened for the dreaded virus based on his experience at the airport.

According to him, he brought his observation to the senate for the Federal Ministry of Health and other concerned agencies to take note.

President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan also thanked Sen. Boroffice for raising the issue.

He said every country in the world was making efforts to ensure that the virus did not cross their borders.

He said although the Federal Ministry of Health and other associated agencies were doing their best, described their best as “not good enough”.

“We must take all the necessary measures at our ports, airports, sea ports, to protect our people.

“If anybody is coming from China, he or she should be quarantined not even isolation for two weeks or four weeks, we have to protect the lives of Nigerians,” he emphasised.

 


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