FG Places Travel Ban on China, Italy, US, UK, 9 Others

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The Federal Government today placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk coronavirus countries.

The countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Switzerland.

The government also suspended the issuance of visa on arrival to travellers from the affected countries.

The Federal Government in a statement shared on its verified handle, @NigeriaGov, says the travel restriction was announced by the Presidential Task Force on the Control of the Coronavirus this morning.

The statement says the Federal Government has equally suspended, temporarily, all visas issued to nationals from the affected countries, while Nigerians arriving from these countries will be subjected to supervised isolation for 14 days.

It adds that the restriction, which is subject to further review, will last for four weeks with effect from March 20.

The statement reads, “Nigerian Government is restricting entry into the country for travellers from the following countries; China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, U.S, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland. These are all countries with over 1,000 cases domestically.

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

“Nigerian Government Nigeria is also advising all Nigerians to avoid travel to these countries.

“These restrictions will come into effect from Fri 20 March 2020 for 4 weeks subject to review.”

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