COVID-19 New Variants: Lagos Places 14 Countries on Watch List

As part of measures to prevent infection and possible spread of the new variants of COVID-19, pandemic, Lagos State Government has placed 14 countries on close monitoring.

The state Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who announced this yesterday, at a media briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, said the measure had become necessary following discovery of variants from banned countries within another country.

He said the state government would begin to monitor movement of people from 14 countries into the state. The affected countries are: Canada, USA, France, Germany, Netherlands, Togo, Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.