ABUJA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria will bar passengers who fail to comply with the nation's COVID-19
ABUJA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Nigeria will bar passengers who fail to comply with the nation’s COVID-19 protocol from flying for six months, an official mentioned on Monday.
Passengers returning to Nigeria are presently required to check for COVID-19 each earlier than they board return flights and 7 days after they arrive. Additionally they should pay for the assessments upfront.
Dr Sani Aliyu, coordinator of Nigeria’s COVID-19 process pressure, mentioned 60% of those that pre-paid for assessments had failed to point out up for them.
“These passengers won’t be allowed to journey for a interval of six months,” Aliyu mentioned. “We hope that we don’t want to do that and other people will adjust to our protocol.”
Process pressure chair Boss Mustapha mentioned passengers had spent greater than 220 million naira ($580,000) on assessments that they didn’t take. Checks at accredited non-public labs value roughly 50,000 naira ($130).
As of Monday, Nigeria had 66,383 confirmed instances of the virus and 1,167 deaths.
(Reporting By Libby George and Felix Onuah; Modifying by Giles Elgood)
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