The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS), has
advised President Muhammadu Buhari, his administration and Governments of
countries affected by coronavirus to impose an international travel ban on
their officials.
TIEMS Director (Nigeria/West Africa), Ismail Sani, made the
call in a statement on Sunday.
He lamented that despite the alarming rate the deadly virus
was spreading, some government officials in Nigeria and elsewhere were still
travelling outside their countries for conferences and events.
“The government should as a matter of urgent national
importance suspend all foreign trips for its officials until further notice”,
he noted.
“Foreigners and other travellers should also be subjected to
thorough health check and screening on arrival at the ports, no matter their
status in order to safeguard the lives of the populace.
“The outbreak of the coronavirus has claimed lives and
hospitalised so many in the last couple of days, hence the urgent need to be
more proactive in approaching the situation at hand,” the TIEMS added.
Nigeria recorded its first case in Lagos, Nigeria’s
commercial hub, on February 27.
The affected individual is an Italian, who works in Nigeria
and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, on February 25.
Coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, China in mid-December 2019.
Currently, over 100,000 cases have been reported in 88
countries with more than 3,500 deaths.
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