Covid-19: UAE lifts travel ban on Nigeria and 11 other African countries

The United Arab Emirate, (UAE), has announced the restriction on flights arriving from Nigeria and 11 other African nations will be lifted on Saturday, January 29. UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) which said it was lifting the ban initially imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, also said flight arrivals can also resume from countries like Botswana, Congo Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The statement read: “The excluded categories should present…

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Int’l Flights Resumption: Lift COVID-19 patient, pay $3,500 fine, FG dares airlines

The Nigerian Government on Monday issued fresh COVID-19 protocol for passengers and airlines as international flights set resume August 29. National Coordinator of the Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu warned that as the International flights prepare to resume on 29 of August 2020, any airline that boards COVID-19 patient will be made to pay a fine of $3,500 He noted that a negative COVID-19 test result remained important for each passenger before boarding and upon arrival in Nigeria. Aliyu, who disclosed this during a briefing of the Taskforce on…

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