COVID-19 PROTOCOLS: Nigeria Releases Details Of 100 Banned Passengers [FULL LIST]

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS: Nigeria Releases Details Of 100 Banned Passengers [FULL LIST]—For failing to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning to the country, President Buhari-Led Government has released the passport numbers of 100 travellers who failed to undergo  into the country.

“The PTF has placed travel restrictions on the first 100 passengers for non-compliance to the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival COVID-19 test,” the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 tweeted on Saturday.

It said the restrictions started from January 1, 2021 and would last till June 30, 2021.

The PTF also said the defaulting passengers have been notified and will be prevented from out of the country during the period.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had earlier in the week said the affected travellers would be published before the end of the week.

The Federal government is also considering travel restrictions on flights from the United Kingdom and South Africa to contain the new strain of the virus.