COVID-19: 80 People Tested Positive After Arriving In Nigeria

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that 80 passengers - of the 2,403 international travellers tested - were positive for coronavirus after seven days of arriving in Nigeria.

This was disclosed by the National Coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, during the briefing of the task force in Abuja.

He said, “Of the 2,403 passengers that were tested in Lagos when we started the exercise, 80 were positive. Meanwhile, they had negative COVID-19 PCR test."

Aliyu also said that it wouldn't have been necessary to conduct a repeat test if there was “a system of enforcement of isolation such that everybody coming into the country self-isolated effectively for two weeks.

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“No Federal Government agency is receiving these funds. The negotiation for the cost is between the state governments and the private labs themselves.

“The charges range between N35,600 for the Kano portal which we are just about to operationalise to N50,400 for Lagos.”