Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed first case of Anthrax, a deadly zoonotic disease in Nigeria. A statement by the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Federation, Dr Columba Vakuru said the case was detected on the 14th of July with animals manifesting symptoms of the disease at a Private … Read more
UK has banned flights from Nigeria over the Omicron Covid-19 variant. Eko Hot Blog reports that the United Kingdom on Saturday banned all flights from Nigeria following the three cases of the Omicron Variant detected in the country. This is coming after the Canadian government imposed a travel ban on Nigeria after detecting the variant from travellers who landed in the … Read more
Passengers arriving from high-risk countries like South Africa, Brazil, India and Turkey are to embark on a mandatory 14-day quarantine… The federal government has said passports of more than 2,000 in-bound travellers have been suspended for violating COVID-19 protocols. The national incident manager of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), Mukhtar Mohammed, confirmed this on Monday … Read more
…some passengers from high risks countries have continued to abscond from facilities where they were quarantined. The Nigerian government has declared that it would sanction inbound passengers who abscond from COVID-19 isolation facilities, adding that it may prosecute such individuals as well. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while addressing a press conference in Abuja, said … Read more
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
President Donald Trump and the First Lady are under quarantine that is supposed to last 14 days having tested positive for COVID 19. Donald Trump made the announcement confirming the COVID 19 status in a Tweet. “Melanie and I have tested positive. We will begin the quarantine and recovery process immediately, and we will get through this … Read more
Nigeria government on Monday said citizens in foreign countries who are desirous of returning to the country amid the COVID-19 scourge will no longer have to worry about footing the bills of their two-week quarantine. Speaking during the Presidential Taskforce daily briefing in Abuja, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geofrey Onyeama, said the cost of the … Read more