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During plenary session on Thursday, the federal lawmakers said such clinics will enable medical personnel to treat sick passengers and vaccinate those who may be “travelling to countries that are susceptible to pandemics such as COVID-19 or Ebola”.
The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Emeka Chinedu, a lawmaker from Imo state.
While leading the debate on the motion, Chinedu cited a report by the Ports Health Services, noting that airports in the country are supposed to have medical centres.
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He said five airports in the country Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Kano and Abuja are presently “operating with either deplorable, little or no medical facilities”, while the others are without one.
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There were strong indications on Sunday that relevant state governments and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control were not enforcing the 14-day self-isolation for inbound international travellers.
The PUNCH gathered that no official of the NCDC or the concerned state governments was attached to the new arrivals, who were expected to be in isolation in their homes for 14 days.
The Federal Government on February 9 placed travel restrictions on 100 passengers for failing to comply with the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival COVID-19 test.
Government had in January placed similar travel restrictions on 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning into the country.