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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The federal government has announced a ban on travellers arriving from five African countries as part of the measures for mitigating a potential third wave of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The countries are South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Namibia and Zambia. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced the measure yesterday at a press briefing in Abuja.<\/p>\n

He also announced the extension of measures taken few weeks ago, denying entry into Nigeria for passengers who had visited Brazil, Turkey and India within 14 days preceding their arrival to the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The federal government has announced a ban on travellers arriving from five African countries as part of the measures for mitigating a potential third wave of COVID-19. The countries are South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Namibia and Zambia. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9,16],"tags":[234,235,853,854,233],"class_list":["post-2376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-potential-third-wave-of-covid-19","tag-presidential-steering-committee","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria bans travelers from Zambia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal government has announced a ban on travellers arriving from five African countries as part of the measures fo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria bans travelers from Zambia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government has announced a ban on travellers arriving from five African countries as part of the measures fo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-12T19:27:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-60ec9749b4ec5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria bans travelers from Zambia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-12T19:27:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda\"},\"wordCount\":105,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-60ec9749b4ec5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"potential third wave of COVID-19\",\"Presidential Steering Committee\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"miscellaneous\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nigeria-bans-travelers-from-zambia-south-africa-uganda-and-rwanda\",\"name\":\"Nigeria bans travelers from Zambia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda - 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