Health
Atiku asks FG to ban UK flights over new strain of Coronavirus
Former Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has asked the federal government to ban flights from United Kingdom after new strain of Coronavirus was detected in the country.
Atiku who stressed that Nigeria took the first hit of Coronavirus because the Federal Government failed to heed the warnings of well-meaning Nigerians, stated that the new strain of Coronavirus that has erupted in the United Kingdom and specifically, London, can add to Nigeria’s health emergency if those in charge do not act with an abundance of caution and temporarily halt all flights to and from the UK until the new strain is brought under control.
He wrote;
The reason Nigeria took a harder than necessary hit during the first wave of the #COVID19 virus is that the Federal Government failed to heed the warnings of well-meaning Nigerians, like myself and others, to shut down our borders once the virus became a pandemic.
Hindsight is 20/20. Nevertheless, we must learn from history, or we stand the risk of repeating it.
The new strain of COVID19 that has erupted in the United Kingdom, and specifically, London, can add to Nigeria’s health emergency if we do not act with an abundance of caution and temporarily halt all flights to and from the UK until this new strain is brought under control.
Already, prudent nations are taking prompt action, and Nigeria must take necessary precautions due to the volume of air traffic between Nigerian airports and London, where this new strain has erupted.
We must face the reality that our health sector is not sufficiently prepared to handle a sudden and unpredictable surge of this pandemic. We have already lost lives needlessly. We need not lose more. In the case of this virus, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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