Breaking: Lagos govt set to quarantine ‘returnee’ Chinese

All Chinese travelling back to Lagos from their country would be quarantined in order to avert outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in Lagos.

Speaking at a news conference inside Lagos state government secretariat, Alausa, Commissioner for Heath, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the government was leaving nothing to chance to prevent outbreak of the disease in Lagos.

According Abayomi, Lagos state government has reached an agreement with the China Embassy in Nigeria to quarantine many people in China living in Lagos, and had travelled back to their country to celebrate the Chinese New Year and had not returned before the outbreak of Coronavirus in their country.

He said anytime from now, many of them might be thinking of returning to Lagos for their businesses, which he said portended great risk of possible outbreak in Lagos.

Abayomi stated that the state government had met with the Chinese Embassy and that they agreed to send message to their people in China to stay back until the outbreak is curtailed before returning.

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