The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Wednesday 18th March 2020, and in a bid to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, has restricted travelers from the United states, and the United Kingdom.
The other countries where Nigeria has restricted travelers are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, Netherlands and Switzerland
The countries and the entry restrictions placed on travelers from these countries are because they have recorded cases of 1,000 and more confirmed coronavirus cases.
The Presidential Task Force on coronavirus led by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this as part of measures to safeguard the nation.
The task force said travellers from these nations would be subjected to supervised self-isolation and testing for 14 days.
While there is no serious case in Nigeria, the Federal Government on Wednesday, placed a travel ban on these countries where the cases recorded in Nigeria have been travellers coming in from these countries.
The Federal confirmed five new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, making the total of confirmed and known cases of the virus in the country to 8.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known in a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja said that: “Of the 5 new cases, 3 arrived from the United States, while 2 came in from the United Kingdom.
We are still collating information on the travellers; 2 of the 3 from the US are Nigerians, a mother and child, making the 6 weeks old baby the youngest COVID-19 patient we have, and the 3rd is an American national, who crosses the land border and became the first COVID-19 case not arriving by air.
“The 2 cases from the UK are Nigerian,” the Minister said.