From Vincent Ikuomola, Abuja
Stranded staff of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), who had been drafted to Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, to undergo a special capacity building course with the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been evacuated.
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The medical team, according to the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, Deborah Iliya, who were on a training programme to expand their knowledge of the management of Coronavirus had been stranded following the closure of air and land borders by Congo Brazzaville ostensibly.
The ambassador, in a statement issued in Abuja at the weekend, commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the systemic, practical and sincere efforts being taken to end the Coronavirus scourge.
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