Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it will ban entry to arrivals from Friday, March 20th from 13 of the countries worst hit by the COVID 19 pandemic.
According to a post on the agency, Twitter handle on Wednesday, countries on the list have more than 1,000 cases and include the United States, Britain, Germany, China, Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan,
“We urge the public to restrict all non-essential travel to these countries,” it said, adding that the government was temporarily suspending the issuance of all visas on arrival.
Nigeria has recorded eight confirmed coronavirus cases, health ministry officials said on Wednesday.
