Nigeria will ban travelers coming from India, Brazil, and Turkey due to concerns about the rampant spread of coronavirus in those nations, a presidential committee stated on Sunday.
“Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, India, or Turkey within Fourteen (14) days preceding travel to Nigeria, shall be denied entry into Nigeria,” Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential steering committee on COVID-19, stated in a statement.
The ban will take effect from May 4, the statement stated.
Nigeria announced 43 confirmed new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 165,153, with 2,063 deaths.
Indian hospitals, morgues, and crematoriums have been overwhelmed as the nation has reported more than 300,000 daily cases for more than 10 days straight. Many families have been left on their own to find medicines and oxygen.
In Brazil, new coronavirus cases have fallen off a late-March peak, but remain high by historic standards. Total deaths within the nation are second only to the USA.
Turkey imposed a nationwide “full lockdown” on Thursday, lasting till May 17, to curb a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, with the world’s fourth-highest number of cases and the worst on a per-capita basis among major nations.
