Nigeria adopts preventive measures against newly detected virus in China The Nigerian government has ramped up surveillance at major international airports to prevent an outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus recently detected in China. The Minister of Health, Muhammad Ali Pate, directed port health officers to screen incoming passengers for symptoms of the virus. Screenings are already underway at Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. A source at MMIA stated, “There is no cause for alarm as the Port Health Service has been...