The Senate has declared Nigeria is not prepared for the ravaging Coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan stated this when the leadership of the Upper Chamber undertook a tour of isolation centres located at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Coronavirus, first found in Wuhan, China, has spread to the United States of America, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Canada, the Philippines and Australia, among others, is a new strain of a virus that has not been previously identified in humans.
Lawan, while speaking to journalists after an inspection of two facilities, lamented the lack of preparedness and expressed concern at the state of the isolation centres that were yet to be completed.
He expressed worry that Nigeria, despite being a country with the largest economy in Africa, is yet to have an isolation centre in any of the geo-political zones that would provide emergency response to disease outbreaks in the country.
