Governor of Rivers State, Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has recently announced of a certain woman infected with the ravaging disease; Coronavirus (COVID-19), who tried everything possible to enter the Port Harcourt city but was prevented from boarding a Port Harcourt-bound flight in Abuja.
As a result of this outbreak, the governor has stated that beginning from 6:00pm today, the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa would not be open to air traffic.
According to Wike in a broadcast on Wednesday, in Port Harcourt, said the action taken was to ensure that this deadly disease does not enter into state.
“It is with gratitude to God that I announce to you that our state would have been infected with Coronavirus yesterday (Tuesday) but for the vigilance of security agents who, acting on a tip-off, prevented an infected person from boarding a flight from Abuja to Port Harcourt. The infected person beat all security measures that were put in place at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and was to sneak into Port Harcourt before security agents stopped her”, Wike noted.
“Based on this alarming information, the State Security Council (SEC) met yesterday (Tuesday) and reviewed measures already put in place and decided that there was an urgent need to adopt stringent measures to protect those living and doing business in the state from the virus.”
