The Federal Government will not hesitate to introduce travel ban to save the country from the spread of coronavirus.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunimbe Mamora, made this known on Monday in Abuja while giving an update on the situation of coronavirus in the country.
“We are monitoring the situation and we have received an action guideline from the World Health Organisation. We’ll do it if it becomes necessary even before the end of today,” he said.
The minister , apart from giving indication that a travel ban could be introduced if necessary, warned against complacency.
He gave the warning against the backdrop of the information making the rounds that the gene of the black man could resist coronavirus.
He said the price for the consequence of such belief could be grave.
His words: “We must be conscious of not being complacent, the price to pay for complacency is huge. I have heard people say that the black man’s gene is resistant and so COVID-19 is not for us.
“Don’t forget, some black men even from Africa, even from Nigeria have died, unfortunately. We heard the story of one doctor who lived in Italy, a Nigerian, a black man.
“So we should not get carried away. There are a lot of things known about COVID-19 and there are still things unknown. We have to be very careful about believing claims that are yet to be fully validated.”
