Femi Falana, Human rights lawyer (SAN) on Sunday has suggested the Federal Authorities to verify passengers from China of their COVID-19 standing.

Falana disclosed this in a press release made accessible to our correspondent on Sunday in Abuja.

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Within the assertion, the realized silk suggested the federal government to not wait until the nation’s healthcare system was overwhelmed earlier than taking crucial actions.

He mentioned,

It’s public information that there was a COVID-19 surge in China in the previous few weeks. The Chinese language authorities have been reporting about 5,000 circumstances a day.  Some analysts have mentioned that the disaster has been underreported by the Chinese language Authorities.

The event has compelled many nations to impose restrictions on passengers arriving from China. As traditional, the FG has not adopted any measure to stop the unfold of the harmful illness via travellers arriving in Nigeria from China.

In view of the rickety well being care supply system within the nation the FG ought to, as a matter of urgency, make it obligatory for passengers arriving Nigeria from China to supply a adverse COVID-19 check taken no more than two days previous to departure.

A sew in time saves 9, as they are saying. The federal government shouldn’t wait till the nation’s healthcare is overwhelmed by the pandemic earlier than taking the required scientific steps to stop one other upsurge of coronavirus an infection.