{"id":42210,"date":"2021-05-02T16:19:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T16:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=42210"},"modified":"2021-05-02T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T15:42:16","slug":"nigerian-govt-bans-passengers-from-india-brazil-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-bans-passengers-from-india-brazil-turkey","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian govt bans passengers from India, Brazil, Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian government has banned entry of passengers from three different countries.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman, PSC on COVID-19, SGF Boss Mustapha in a statement announced that those who visited Brazil, India and Turkey will be denied entry to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>However, this does not apply to those who transited through these countries.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the statement read: \u201cAny person who has visited Brazil, India or Turkey within 14 days preceding travel to Nigeria, shall be denied entry into Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis regulation does not apply to passengers who transited through these countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This became necessary following the spike in COVID-19 cases in those countries.<\/p>\n<p>In India, authorities reported about 392,488 new cases in the previous 24 hours bringing the total cases to 19.56 million.<\/p>\n<p>Indian hospitals and morgues have been overwhelmed as the country reported more than 300,000 daily cases for about 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>Many families have been left on their own to scramble for medicines and oxygen as the nation\u2019s healthcare system is unable to cope with number of cases.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 10 Indian states have imposed some form of lockdown, even as the federal government remains reluctant to impose a national lockdown due to the economic effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian government has banned entry of passengers from three different countries. Chairman, PSC on COVID-19, SGF Boss Mustapha in a statement announced that those who visited Brazil, India and Turkey will be denied entry to Nigeria. However, this does not apply to those who transited through these countries. 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