The Director General of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been quarantined for 14 days due to coronavirus.
The minister of health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire made this known in Abuja while briefing the leadership of the Senate on efforts being made to curb the spread of the disease in Nigeria.
Ehanire added that the 14-day self-quarantine for the NCDC DG was in line with established safety procedure against the Coronavirus.
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According to him, “We were honored that one of the scientists that WHO (World Health Organization) had chosen to go to China to study the disease was the DG of NCDC.
“We are very proud and honoured that he was the only African who was among the experts. They went there for nine days, during which time they carried out investigations.
“But we have already established rules here that anybody who has been to China will go to self-quarantine. Chikwe has gone (to China) and come back and has done the test.
“It is negative, but we have insisted that he must undergo the 14-day of quarantine which is why he is not here today.
“He is not allowed to come out until after 14 days, because if you make rules, you must also obey them, which is to set example for Nigerians that the head of NCDC is self-quarantined as we speak. He’s very well but he has to follow the rules.”