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Coronavirus: FG Shuts Enugu, Kano, Port Harcourt Airports

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The Federal Government on Thursday shut down three of the country’s international airports over the scourge of Coronavirus epidermis.

The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu listed the three international airports in Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa in a statement..

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He disclosed that the three airports would be closed till further notice, effective Saturday, March 21.

Musa Nuhu, however noted that Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos would still be open but no flight operations will be allowed from the 13 COVID-19 (Coronavirus) high-risk countries.

Nigeria now has 12 positive cases of Coronavirus, with global death toll put at over 9,000 and confirmed cases worldwide at 195,000.

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