COVID-19: Nigeria Not Ready For Disease Outbreak - Senate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 5, 2020
The Senate has declared Nigeria isnot prepared for the ravaging Coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
The President of the Senate AhmadLawan stated this when the leadership of the Upper Chamber undertook a tour ofisolation 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, SouthKorea, Canada, the Philippines and Australia, among others, is a new strain ofa virus that has not been previously identified in humans.
Lawan, while speaking to journalistsafter an inspection of two facilities, lamented the lack of preparedness andexpressed concern at the state of the isolation centres that were yet to becompleted.
He expressed worry that Nigeria,despite being a country with the largest economy in Africa, is yet to have anisolation centre in any of the geo-political zones that would provide emergencyresponse to disease outbreaks in the country.