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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

The Federal Government on Monday issued fresh COVID-19 protocols for the aviation industries.<\/p>\n

The fresh protocols were introduced by the federal government with just five days to the resumption of international flight operations at the nation\u2019s airports.<\/p>\n

International flights are expected to resume at the country\u2019s airport on August 29.<\/p>\n

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, who reeled out the guidelines at the task force daily press briefing in Abuja, said negative COVID-19 test result remained an important requirement for each passenger before boarding and upon arrival in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

He also warned that airlines that fail to comply with the directive would pay a fine of $3,500 per passenger.<\/p>\n

Aliyu said: \u201cWe will continue with the policy that airlines will only board passengers without symptoms of COVID-19 and with negative PCR result.<\/p>\n

\u201cAirlines will be fined $3,500 per passenger if they fail to comply with pre-boarding arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn arrival in the country from August 29, passports will no longer be retained by the Nigeria Immigration Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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