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Omicron: No Plans To Restrict Flights Into Nigeria – FG
- Ehanire said the knee-jerk reaction of some countries was unfortunate
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has reiterated that it has no plans at the moment to restrict foreigners from travelling into Nigeria.
The Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday night.
Ehanire also claimed that most of the in-bound passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 were from the UK.
In the last week, Nigeria has been handed travel bans by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Read also: Omicron: UK Suspends Visitor Visa Applications’ Processing From Nigeria
Ehanire said the knee-jerk reaction of some countries was unfortunate.
The Minister also said even the World Health Organisation (WHO) had said recently that countries should focus more on working together, rather than shutting borders.
“At the moment we have no plans restricting anybody coming from another country,” Ehanire said.
The UK announced that it found 21 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant which were linked to Nigeria.
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