Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it has reached an agreement with the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria to quarantine all Chinese traveling back to Lagos from their country in order to avert the outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in the State.
The government said it was putting adequate measures in place to combat a possible outbreak of the disease in the state.
At a news conference at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi said the government was leaving nothing to chance to prevent the outbreak of the disease in Lagos.
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According to Abayomi, many people in China living in Lagos had traveled back to their country to celebrate the Chinese New Year and had not returned before the outbreak of Coronavirus in their country.
He said anytime from now, many of them might be thinking of returning to Lagos for their businesses, which he said portended great risk of the possible outbreak in Lagos.
Abayomi stated that the state government had met with the Chinese Embassy and that they agreed to send messages to their people in China to stay back until the outbreak is curtailed before returning.
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The commissioner said if some of them returned in the next few days, the state government had the instruction of the Chinese Embassy to quarantine such them for 14 days to see if they would present symptoms of Coronavirus in order to avoid the spread of the disease.
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