Coronavirus: Lagos To Quarantine Returning Chinese

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Lagos State Government has announced an arrangement with the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria to quarantine Chinese returning to the state from China in order to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus.

The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, at a press conference, on Thursday, said at a press conference that the Chinese Embassy had informed its citizens in China, who might want to return back to Nigeria to continue their business activities to stay back, in order to curtail the spread of the virus.

The Commissioner also urged Nigerians, who usually ply the China-Nigeria trade routes to avoid such journeys at this point in time.

In his words: “We are very happy with the cooperation we are receiving from the Chinese government. We’ve had a very serious and high-level discussion with the Chinese government through their embassy in Lagos. Our primary concern has been the return of their citizens to Lagos in a few days and we are happy to inform you that the Embassy of China is also concerned about this, and they have sent out information through notifications to their citizens and companies located in Lagos that their citizens should try and remain in China until there is clarity about how this infection is going.

“However, if some of them choose to return, and we cannot restrict people, if they do return to Lagos, the instruction from the Chinese Embassy is that they should be quarantined for a period of 10 to 14 days in their houses, hostels and accommodations.”

In another Development, the Whole Health Organization, WHO, on Thursday,  declared an international emergency on coronavirus.

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