The Anambra State Government has lauded the Federal Government for placing a ban on travelers from the thirteen countries most affected by the viral outbreak and for restricting its officials from foreign trips until further notice.
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr C Don Adinuba said the decision is the right step to take in the present circumstance noting that
the Nigerian government and the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) have reported eight cases of Coronavirus in the country.
According to the statement, the people and government of Anambra State are keenly interested in far-reaching measures to mitigate the viral outbreak because ndi Anambra travel more than any other people in Nigeria, if not Africa, noting that they travel extensively to China, the world’s manufacturing capital, to import consumer goods as well as machinery and parts for their factories all over Nigeria and beyond as well as travel extensively for business, academic, religious and leisure purposes to Italy, Spain, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, France, Iran and South Korea and Japan, which are countries affected by the ban on account of recording more than one thousand Coronavirus cases.
The statement praised the Federal Government for not waiting till confirmed cases in Nigeria rose astronomically before acting in the overriding public interest”.
It stated that in appreciation of the safety and security of the people wherever they may be in the world, the Anambra State administration became the first government in Nigeria to issue an advisory to its people on travels to China in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak late last December and has, in the same vein, ensured strict compliance with Governor Willie Obiano’s directive to all Executive Council members, complete with a table time, to visit major markets, motor parks, hotels and other places with large congregations of people in the state and speak directly to the people on how to avoid not just the Coronavirus but also Lassa fever which is more dangerous and has been reported in Anambra state and prompt and comprehensive measures taken to ensure that it was effectively controled from spreading.It explained that the index Lassa fever case involved a 25- year old female student in a higher institution who has since been treated and discharged from the Southeast Regional Virology Centre in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
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