{"id":27930,"date":"2020-07-28T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27930"},"modified":"2020-07-28T13:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:12:15","slug":"nigeria-re-opens-14-airports-as-covid-19-cases-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-re-opens-14-airports-as-covid-19-cases-escalate","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria re-opens 14 airports as Covid-19 cases escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div>\n<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p id=\"photo_article_caption\">A Port Health Service staff member stands next to a thermal scanner as passengers arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has re-opened 14 airports months after recording more than 40,000 Covid-19 cases and 858 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Since the index case on February 27, the country has witnessed a steady rise in infections despite efforts to curtail the spread of the virus, including closure of all airports and a general lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed an additional 555 cases and two deaths on June 26, lifting total infections to 40,532 and fatalities to 858 from Friday\u2019s figures of 39,977 and 856.<\/p>\n<p>People in the country now averaging more than 500 cases a day have been crossing into and out of states without adhering to protocols.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: A Port Health Service staff member stands next to a thermal scanner as passengers arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Nigeria has re-opened 14 airports months after recording more than 40,000 Covid-19 cases and 858 deaths. 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