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 North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s Hwanghae province but gave no further details such as how far they flew.  Earlier Monday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries began their annual joint military exercises, which are scheduled to last 11 days. The Freedom Shield command post exercise began after the South Korean and U.S. militaries paused live-fire training while Seoul investigates how two of its fighter jets mistakenly bombed a civilian area during a warm-up drill last week.  The drills' start drew the condemnation of nuclear-armed North Korea, which issued a government statement calling the exercises a “dangerous provocative act...
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COVID-19 GUIDELINES: LAGOS COMMENCES PROSECUTION OF DEFAULTERS.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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 COVID-19 GUIDELINES: LAGOS COMMENCES PROSECUTION OF DEFAULTERS


Concerned with the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases seen in the evolving fourth wave, the Lagos State Government has commenced prosecution of inbound international passengers who fail to submit themselves for Day Two and Day Seven PCR tests as mandated by the Federal COVID-19 protocols and guidelines.


Speaking on the development, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, noted that the prosecution of defaulting inbound passengers became necessary in order to mitigate the evolving fourth wave of COVID-19 infection in the State.


He said: “Lagos State Government is concerned with the dramatic rise in cases seen in the evolving fourth wave. Identifying that our previous waves are associated with non-compliance of inbound passengers with the testing guidelines, we have commenced prosecution of inbound international passengers who fail to submit themselves for Day Two and Day Seven PCR tests as mandated by the Federal COVID-19 protocols and guidelines.


“In addition, unvaccinated inbound passengers and anyone testing positive for COVID-19 are mandated to self-isolate at home for seven days. We will be sanctioning anyone found to be disregarding these guidelines, which are designed to minimise the community transmission of COVID and its variants.”


Disclosing that the State government has started contacting the defaulting passengers and patients for arraignment before a mobile court for special offences, Abayomi reiterated that non-compliance with the laid down protocols was responsible for the spread of COVID infections in previous waves in Lagos.


“To protect the rest of our citizens from this irresponsible behaviour, the Lagos State Government is taking some decisive actions. We have started contacting all those that have not done their Day two and Day seven tests by text messages. These messages are not a scam. We advise that if you receive such a message please respond and present yourselves before the mobile court to explain why you did not do the Day two or Day seven PCR tests as required. If we are unable to reach you by SMS, it implies that you have given us false information on your data forms, this in itself is also an offence”, the Commissioner stated.


Prof. Abayomi maintained that the alarming trend of default poses a National and State public health and security threat sabotaging all efforts to mitigate the impact of the fourth wave of the pandemic.


According to him, non-compliant inbound passengers are likely to carry new variants of COVID-19, whose clinical implications and impact are not yet clearly understood amongst the population. 


The Commissioner noted that any citizen with symptoms of COVID or who tests positive for the virus and refuses to isolate is inadvertently placing other innocent citizens at risk, stressing that disobedience can result in severe sickness and death, particularly in vulnerable persons.


His words: “From our data analysis, we discovered that only about 20 percent of inbound passengers, who pay for the COVID-19 PCR tests prior to their arrival in Lagos, actually submit themselves for the tests on the required date at our designated laboratories. Our data also shows that a significant number of inbound passengers who actually undergo the tests on the designated days are testing positive and if they don’t self-isolate, they pose a serious threat to the States ability to manage the fourth wave.”


“If we cannot reach you or you fail to present to a mobile court, your passport details will be forwarded to the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and the Immigration Department who will, in turn, deactivate the passport of such persons for a year. And this basically means that they will not be able to travel out of the country for a period of one year”.


The Commissioner maintained that the State government will not fold its arms and watch the irresponsible actions of some citizens erode the success recorded in the war against COVID-19, stressing that the battle against the global pandemic is a shared responsibility and the State now has elaborate laws to protect its citizens from the impacts of contagious pandemics.


Abayomi advised passengers coming into Lagos to obey and abide by the laid down protocols, noting that ignorance of the law will not be an acceptable excuse.


“It is also important to note that if you are positive on day two of entry into Lagos it may be likely that you are in possession of a fake PCR test that you used to board the inbound flight. This will also be investigated through our international networks. Fake PCR tests certificates and vaccination cards from any part of the world can be verified and will attract severe sanctions. Please do not solicit or entertain any offers to provide fake results or certificates”, he said.


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