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Tinubu approves N45bn for illness surveillance in 5 airports

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The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, assembly presided over by President Tinubu.

He listed the 5 airports as Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu airports.

According to the minister, the venture can be delivered by way of a 20-year public-private partnership with the BioHealth Consortium, utilizing applied sciences akin to plane wastewater surveillance, air and floor sampling, and specialised pathogen detection methods.

Pate added that the system would monitor a broad vary of harmful pathogens, enhance inter-agency coordination, and strengthen well being safety at Nigeria’s borders.

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