COVID-19:FGN Announces Resumption Of Int'l Flights From August,29

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The Nigeria minister of aviation on Monday said that int'l flights will resume August, 29. He announced this at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

The country’s airspace was shut to non-essential flights in March in a move to control the spread of the coronavirus disease.

 Domestic flights resumed in July with many people also clamouring for the resumption of international flights.

Sirika indicated that international flights will first resume at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and they Will commence in  other airports across the country later.

“In the beginning, there will be four flights into Lagos and four flights into Abuja daily,” he stated.

The minister stressed that passengers should take a COVID-19 test wherever they’re coming very close to departure dates.

A portal will also be opened for passengers to pay for another COVID-19 test to be done eight days after their arrival in Nigeria.

They will also fill a health questionnaires online, and hand them in at the point of entry, instead of filling the forms in the aircraft or at arrival.

Sirika noted that non-pharmaceutical measures such as physical distancing, wearing of nose masks, washing of hands, and temperature checks will remain in place.

The minister indicated that other protocols, procedures, and processes will be announced soon.

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