Covid: FG bans 100 air travellers for half a year

No fewer than 100 air travelers hve been bnned from travelling out of Nigeria because the violated the PTF safety protocol as Nigerians grapple with the second wave of the pandemic.

Federal Government has released the list of travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning 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.

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 fr Nigeria has recorded over 85,000 Covid infections including more than 1,200 associated fatalities, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.