COVID-19: FG adds two more countries to travel restriction list

The Federal Government has reportedly added two more countries to the travel restriction list.

This is coming two days after it placed travel restriction on 13 countries battling with Coronavirus disease, officially known as COVID-19.

The visa on arrival policy was also suspended.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, announced today at a press conference that Austria and Sweden has been added to the restriction list.

China, Iran, South Korea, Germany, Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, France, and Japan are the first batch of countries facing the temporary restriction which is subject to review after four weeks starting from tomorrow.

This brings the total number of restricted countries to 15.