The Federal Government has described as hasty and disruptive, the United Kingdom’s placement of Nigeria on its red list as a result of Omicron scare.
It said it would disrupt commerce and family reunions.
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehaniare, stated this while speaking on Channels Television.
He said, “From what we know about the COVID-19, there are many ways to manage it, and besides, not much is still known about the Omicron variant. We know, for example, that there have been no fatalities.
“There have also been no reports of very severe illness. Actually, the rationale for being so hasty in putting countries on the red list is not something that is very helpful.
“It is going to disrupt commerce. It is going to disrupt family reunions.
“If every country were going to put other countries on the ban list, very soon you would have a large number of countries on your red list.
“So, I do believe there are other ways of going about it. We in Nigeria do not regard banning flights and movements of people as particularly helpful and supportive.”
