Over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners have been banned from traveling abroad and into the country for one year, for evading the coronavirus test at the country’s international airports.
The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19 disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing.
The Federal Government had in May 1, 3021, directed that passengers, who arrived into the country, especially from Brazil, India, Turkey, and other high risk countries, must be quarantined in a government provided facility, failure of which will attract penalties.
The National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), Mukhtar Muhammad, said the names of the defaulters had been published.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the PSC on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, said precautionary measures were a necessary step to mitigate the risk of importation of variants of concern and breaking the chain of transmission to the population,
Under the measures, passengers arriving from/or that have visited any of these three countries within 14 days prior to the visit to Nigeria, were required to follow mandatory arrival quarantine and testing protocols in designated facilities.
The PSC, however, foundout that some passengers failed to observe the compulsory isolation or to present themselves for the PCR repeat test on day seven.
