Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Nigeria suspends travel from coronavirus impacted countries


As part of measures to stem the spread of the Coronavirus in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the restriction of entry for travelers from 13 Countries that have recorded at least 1,000 domestic cases of the pandemic. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha announced this at a press briefing in Abuja.
Lagos, Nigeria

According to him, government has also suspended its visa on arrival policy. “The Federal Government of Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travelers from the following thirteen (13) countries; China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland. These are all countries with over 1,000 case domestically; “All persons arriving in Nigeria who might have visited these countries prior to such arrival, will be subjected to supervised self-isolation and testing for 14 days.

The travel ban for Government officials will remain in place until further notice and until the situation of the pandemic nature of the Coronavirus abates. By this notice, any prior approval to travel abroad within this period is accordingly rescinded. With regards to the general public, we want to advise citizens in their own interest to cancel all non-essential trips abroad including business and vacation trips. “We urge everyone returning to Nigeria from any country to strictly self-isolate for 14 days in their homes.

All people returning from high community transmission rates especially countries that have recorded 1,000 cases and above will be effectively followed up”, he added. Members of the Taskforce are the Ministers of Health, Foreign Affairs, Interior, Aviation, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Services, Education, Information and Culture, Minister of State Health and Minister of Environment. Others are the Director-General, Department of State Services, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control; and WHO Country Representative/National Coordinator – Dr. Sani Aliyu.

Source: vanguardngr

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