Health experts have raised concerns over the proposed visit of the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, to Nigeria today.
This is on the backdrop of the outbreak of Omicron, a new strain of COVID-19 in South Africa and the travel restrictions imposed on Southern African countries by several countries.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive the South African President and other top government functionaries of his administration who are scheduled to undertake a three-day visit to Nigeria.
The Secretary to the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Dr. Muktar Muhammed, said the delegates would be requested to bring a negative PCR test, be vaccinated and be tested on day two of their arrival into Nigeria.
But in an interview, the Chairman, Expert review Committee on COVID-19, Professor Oyewale Tomori, warned that failure to test the delegates on arrival might lead to a “disaster.
