JUST IN: Senate Calls For Travel Restriction to Italy, France, Others Over Coronavirus
POLITICS DIGEST – The Senate has called on Nigerians to restrict travel to some European countries identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week as the new epicentre of coronavirus pandemic.
The call is coming when the Federal Government declares that it won’t close its borders over the disease, as global toll hits over 6000.
The Senate also urged the federal government to set up more coronavirus testing centres, saying the five already established were grossly inadequate for a country of over 200 million populations.
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This followed a ‘point of order’ by Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara), who said Nigerians should be advised against traveling to epicentres of the pandemic.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said there were no testing centres in the whole of southeast and north, urging the Centre for Disease Control to set up more centres in these zones.
He said those already established should be upgraded to a global standard.
Lawan also asked the federal ministry of health to come up with standards for states establishing isolation centres so that the country has a unified standard.
Earlier, Senator Oloriegbe urged Nigerians to strictly adhere to preventive measures such as avoiding hand shake and handwashing. He also called for increased screening of those coming into the country.
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