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See list of 13 countries banned by Nigeria over coronavirus

Jude Egbas

March 18, 2020 11:16 AM

Nigeria will no longer allow flights from certain countries due to the coronavirus.

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a 2015 meeting (Presidency)

The federal government of Nigeria has banned travel from 13 countries over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak ravaging the world.

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The countries are:

China
Italy
Iran
South Korea
Spain
Japan
France
Germany
Norway
United States of America
United Kingdom
Netherlands and
Switzerland

These countries have been described as “high risk” countries by the presidential task force on the control of coronavirus in Nigeria, which held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Nigeria is also temporarily suspending all visas issued to nationals from these countries. Nigerians arriving from these countries will be subjected to supervised isolation for 14 days.

The federal government is also advising all Nigerians to avoid travel to these countries.

This restriction will come into effect from Friday, March 20, 2020, for 4 weeks and is subject to review.

Nigeria confirmed its third case of the virus on Tuesday, March 17 and another five cases on March 18.

Jude Egbas Jude Egbas is a Senior Editor at Pulse. He believes that leadership is Nigeria's biggest problem. He has lived his entire life stringing words together to form powerful images. It's all he ever wants to do.

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