Covid-19: Anambra Passes Bill to Prevent Virus Spread
The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill aimed at preventing the spread of Coronavirus and other dangerous infectious diseases in the State.
Cited as the COVID-19 and other dangerous infectious diseases, prevention and eradication law 2020, the bill was passed by the Law makers during the emergency sitting with strict observation of social distancing in their seating arrangement.
According to the Majority leader of the house, Hon. Nnamdi Okafor, the Bill sustained all the directives already provided by the government to combat the disease in the State such as closure of State boundaries, restriction of movements, comprehensive but temporary lockdown, restriction on public gatherings, social distancing as well as personal hygiene and safety health measures among others.
Under Offences and Penalties, the Bill stipulates that anybody who violates any of the provisions of five to nine directives commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred thousand naira or a term of one month imprisonment.
