Wednesday 18 March 2020

CORONAVIRUS: FG restricts travellers from China, Italy, USA, others

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The Nigerian Government has issued entry restriction to countries considered high-risk for Coronavirus.
This was disclosed by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday.


All travelers returning from these countries prior to the restriction will be in supervised self-isolation, monitored by NCDC and Port Health Services.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has also suspended the issuance of visa on arrival to travellers from these countries.

The agency in a post on Twitter said, “Government of Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travellers from China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, United States of America, Norway, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland.
“These are countries with 1,000 cases domestically.”


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