The Federal Government says there is no need to impose travel restrictions on visitors from countries where coronavirus continues to spread rapidly.
Since the Coronation epidermis broke out in December last year, China, Iran, Italy and South Korea have been the major hit with over 176, 000 cases recorded globally and over 7000 dead.
Nigeria recorded its first case on February 24, when an Italian man who arrived in Lagos aboard a Turkish Airlines plane.
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He travelled from Lagos to Ogun State before he was quarantined in the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
There have been other cases of the virus, but they proved negative.
While speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday , the Minister of State for Health , Dr Olorunnibe Mamora , said the FG decided to screen visitors from the eight countries after the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic .
He said, “Despite we have not recorded a confirmed COVID – 19 cases in the last one week in Nigeria, it is important to remember that we are still at high risk like other countries. We will continue to monitor returning travellers that fit our case definition and improve our surveillance, detection and risk communications.
“We have carried out a review of our case definition. We have added three new countries to the existing list of five high – risk countries with widespread community transmission. These are France, Germany and Spain. Therefore, eight countries are on our priority list – China, Japan, Iran, Italy, Republic of Korea, France and Germany.
“Travellers from these eight countries will undertake secondary screening at the point of entry. They are also advised to self – isolate for 14 days on entry.
“Forty -seven people have tested negative and have been cleared. One was positive ( after contact with the index case ) and one result is pending. There has been no death.
“The index case is clinically stable and has improved greatly .”
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