Presidential Steering Committee On Covid-19 Has Suspended Another 132 Air Passengers From Travelling Due To their Violation Of Covid-19 Protocols on return to Nigeria.
A Statement Issued On Thursday By The Committee And Signed By Its Chairman And Secretary To Government Of The Federation, Boss Mustapha, Says The Identified Individuals Failed To Observe The Mandatory Protocols Put In Place Against The Spread Of The Pandemic.
According To The Statement, The Affected Persons, who are all Nigerians Arrived the country Through The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, and have Been Declared Persons Of Interest On Account Of Posing Considerable Danger To Overall Public Health
Members Of The Public Are By This Notice Advised That These Persons Of Interest Constitute An Immediate Health Hazard To The Society.
They Must Therefore Transport Themselves Safely, To The Nearest State Public Health Departments Within 48 hours Of This Notice For Immediate Evaluation And Call The Port Health Services of the Federal Ministry Of Health On 08036134672 Or 08032461990 For Further Directions.
The Committee Shall In Addition, Take Further Steps To Sanction These Violators, which include Disabling Their Travel Passports For A Period Not Less Than One Year.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 473 new cases of Coronaviruses cases in Nigeria, bringing total number of infections in the country to 177,615.
165,472 have been discharged, while 2,185 deaths have been recorded.
For Saturday’s figure, Lagos state continues to lead others with 323 cases.
Other new infections are as follows;
Akwa Ibom-46
Rivers-41
FCT-20
Ekiti-12
Osun-9
Oyo-9
Ogun-6
Bayelsa-3
Anambra-1
Edo-1
Nasarawa-1
Plateau-1
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 407 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria.
The breakdown shows that Lagos has 160, Akwa Ibom -75, and Ondo-51.
Others include Abia-33, Oyo-29, Kaduna-18, Katsina-7, Gombe, and Ogun have 6 each.
Ekiti has 5, Delta-4, FCT-4, Ebonyi-3, Edo, and Niger have 2 each, while Bayelsa and Nasarawa have 1 each.
So far, Nigeria has had 174,315 confirmed cases, with 165,005 discharged and 2,149 deaths.
Today’s report includes 0 cases reported from Kano, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, and Sokoto States.
New infections have remained high in recent weeks after the figures became negligible in the last months before the deadly Delta variant was detected in the country.
As usual, Lagos had the largest figure 211. It is followed by Akwa Ibom with 80. Other new infections are as follows:
Kwara-73
Osun-29
Oyo-17
Rivers-17
Cross River-15
Edo-14
Anambra-9
Ogun-8
Ekiti-6
Bayelsa-4
FCT-4
Plateau-4
Bauchi-2
Nasarawa-2
Kaduna-1
Jigawa-1
This is now 173,908 total confirmed cases in Nigeria with164,994 discharged and 2,149 deaths.
