COVID-19: FG Bans Travellers From US, UK, France, 10 Other Countries

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COVID-19: FG Bans Travellers From US, UK, France, 10 Other Countries
The Federal Government has restricted entries to Nigeria from 13 high-risk countries with the coronavirus.
Some of the Countries include China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France Germany, Noway, USA and United kingdom.
These measures were announced in Abuja Thursday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and head of FG committee on Coronavirus, Mr Boss Mustapha.
Mustapha said that the Federal Government has also temporarily suspended the issuance of all visas on arrival.
‘All persons arriving in Nigeria who might have visited these countries, fourteen days prior to such arrival, will be subjected to supervised self-isolation and testing for 14 days’ he stated.
The Federal Government also urges Public Health Authorities of countries with high burden to conduct diligent departure screening of passengers and also endorses these travel advisories to their nationals to postpone travels to Nigeria.