The passport details of the 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory Covid-19 test after returning into the country have been published. The details were published on the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 ‘s official website on Saturday night.
It will be recalled that the Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha had earlier announced that the passports will be suspended till June 2021 to serve as a warning to others.
As part of the Covid-19 guidelines for international flights, passengers arriving into the country are required to proceed into self isolation and carry out a Covid-19 test seven days after arrival.
According to Mustapha, a total of 20,216 inbound travellers refused to show up for the post arrival test the signed up , thereby endangering members of the public.
As of Saturday, as reported by Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria has recorded 89, 163 cases of the virus with 74, 789 patients successfully treated and discharged while 8 persons died from the virus on Saturday which brought up the total fatalities to 1,302.
