Nigeria restricts passengers from India, Brazil, Turkey over coronavirus

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Nigeria will ban entry to non-Nigerian passengers who have been in Brazil, India or Turkey in the last fortnight due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus, health authorities said on Sunday.

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The travel ban does not apply to passengers who have transited through those countries, the presidential steering committee on Covid-19 said in a statement.

Nigerians and permanent residents who have been in those countries in the last 14 days will have to undergo mandatory quarantine for a week in a government approved facility on arrival, it said.

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