Reviewed COVID-19 Travel Protocol To Take Effect From Monday

COVID-19

The new protocol stipulates that inbound passengers to Nigeria who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer required to carry out a COVID-19 PCR test…  Also, fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Nigeria will not be required to carry out Post-arrival PCR tests EDITOR’S PICK:  Vaccinated Travellers Arriving Nigeria No Longer Required To Take COVID-19 … Read more

[COVID-19] Vaccinated Travelers Will No Longer Need To Self-isolate – FG

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The Federal Government, two days ago, set a deadline of December 1 for its personnel to get vaccination Travellers who have taken the full jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine coming into the country will no longer be required to observe the mandatory seven days self-isolation, Nigerian government has said. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, … Read more

Civil Servants Required To Take COVID-19 Vaccine Before December 1 – FG

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…they will also be required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result done within 72 hours to gain access to their offices…  With effect from December 1 2021, Federal Government employees shall be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of … Read more

COVID-19: Foreigners Without PCR Test Result Will Not Be Allowed Into Nigeria – PSC

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…passengers who fail to comply with the newly revised protocol will be denied entry into the country The federal government has declared that any foreign traveller who fails to present a valid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test result on arrival into the country will be deported. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on … Read more

COVID-19: FG Publishes Names Of 90 Nigerians, Foreigners Who Evaded Quarantine

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The erring persons arrived in Nigeria between May 8 and 15 through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has published the names of 90 returning travellers who evaded the mandatory seven-day quarantine for persons arriving from restricted countries. A statement issued on … Read more

FG To Sanction Returning Travellers Who Fled Quarantine Facilities

He revealed that the PSC has considered several pre-emptive measures to be taken to mitigate the likely impact of the variants of COVID-19… Returning foreign passengers who fled the quarantine facilities and violated the compulsory requirement will not go unpunished. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman PSC on COVID-19, Boss … Read more

Nigeria Takes Delivery Of Another 100,000 AstraZeneca Vaccines From India

Nigeria had received 3.94 million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the WHO-backed vaccine initiative COVAX in early March As of Tuesday afternoon, Nigeria had vaccinated 964,387 eligible persons against the Covid-19 virus, according to the NPHCDA The Federal Government on Tuesday said an additional 100,000 doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine has been received from India. Chairman … Read more