By Bisola Adeyemo
Lagos State Government has placed 14 countries on close monitoring, as part of its efforts to curb COVID-19 and the possible spread of the new variants.
The state Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who announced this on Wednesday, at a media briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, said the measure had become necessary following discovery of variants from banned countries within another country, Thisday reports.
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.
