In a bid to decongest Lagos and Abuja international airports and facilitate passengers travel, the federal government has revealed ongoing efforts to reopen the Mallam Aminu International airport Kano and the Port Harcourt International airport to international traffic.
The Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Nuhu Musa made this known during the PTF briefing on Thursday.
Nuhu noted that two issues to be resolved before resumption of operations in the two airports are ” issue of ICT infrastructure which the Cacovid is taking care of and adequate number of health care staffs for the two airports.”
It would be noted that the Murtala Mohammed international airport Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport Abuja, have been the only airports permitted for international flights operation since the lockdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic was eased by the federal government in September.
The two airports since then have witnessed traffic and inefficiencies as passengers complained bitterly over time wastage and delay at the airports especially with respect to Covid-19 Protocols.
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said federal government has begun investigation into the incidence of unexplained deaths in Delta and Enugu States.
The Minister who confirmed that 23 cases have been reported in Delta State, with 17 deaths while in Enugu State, 51 deaths were reported, said a team of experts have been dispatched to the states to support the state investigation.
“In both states, most of the affected cases are males aged between 1-55 years.Most reported cases presented with fever, headache, fatigue, and weakness, jaundice, abdominal pain, vomiting (with or without blood), nose bleeding, blood in stools/urine, convulsions and unconsciousness”, he added.
He informed that as at the 6th of November, three samples from Delta and one sample from Enugu have been confirmed positive for yellow fever.
The minister also reminded Nigerians to be vigilant as the country approaches the season when it records increased incidence of the viral haemorrhagic disease.
He informed that the disease is characterized by one or more of the following symptoms: malaise, fever, headache, sore throat, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle pain, chest pain, hearing loss.
The Minister further expressed delight that the number of active cases is reducing as more persons are being discharged and the recovery rate is increasing.
The minister assured that government will sustain the feat through quality care for all those who test positive.
