Femi Falana, human rights lawyer has told the federal government to mandate persons entering Nigeria from China to present negative COVID test results.
The Informant247 learned that China said it will discard its measures of quarantine for inbound travellers from January 8.
Therefore, leaders of countries have begun imposing travel restrictions on travellers entering their countries from China.
The Informant247 also recalled that on December 28, last year, 2022, about 50 percent of passengers who were on 2 flights entering Italy from China reportedly tested positive for COVID.
The senior advocate in a statement released on Sunday, told the federal government to impose restrictions on those entering the country from China.
He said the “rickety” state of Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system makes it a matter of urgency to prevent another COVID outbreak.
“It is public knowledge that there has been a COVID-19 surge in China in the last few weeks,” he said.
“The Chinese authorities have been reporting about 5,000 cases a day. Some analysts have said that the crisis has been underreported by the Chinese government.
“The development has compelled many countries to impose restrictions on passengers arriving from China. As usual, the federal government has not adopted any measure to prevent the spread of the dangerous disease through travellers arriving in Nigeria from China.
“In view of the rickety health care delivery system in the country, the federal government should, as a matter of urgency, make it mandatory for passengers arriving in Nigeria from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken not more than two days prior to departure.
“A stitch in time saves nine, as they say. The government should not wait until the nation’s healthcare is overwhelmed by the pandemic before taking the necessary scientific steps to prevent another upsurge of coronavirus infection.”