Eminent virologist and Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has urged the Federal Government and aviation agencies to scrutinise airlines conveying passengers from India to prevent the spread of a deadly COVID-19 strain from the country to Nigeria. The former Vice Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, however, said airlines that convey passengers indirectly from India to Nigeria must be closely monitored. I know that Ethiopian Airlines goes to India and they bring passengers from India through Addis Ababa to Nigeria. We should have an idea of the main route through which people come from India and other information. This is why some believe the infection is dropping when in actual fact we are not doing enough testing,” Tomori stated.

Source: Punch April 26, 2021 13:30 UTC