COVID-19 protocol violation: FG imposes travel restriction on another 100 travellers

Federal Government has placed travel restriction on another set of 100 travellers for violating COVID-19 protocol.

Presidential task force on COVID-19 published the passport numbers of the affected persons on Twitter on Tuesday.

The 100 persons are those who failed to comply with the mandatory seven days post-arrival COVID-19 test.

The PTF said the penalty is a six-month travel restriction from February 5 to July 30.

This is the second time the PTF is imposing travel restriction on passengers as a form of sanction for non-compliance with COVID-19 guidelines.

On January 2, the PTF released passport numbers of 100 Nigerians who refused to undergo the mandatory COVID-19 test after returning to the country.

Travellers are mandated to run the test seven days after their arrival.

PTF National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, had said the passport holders would be suspended from travelling for a minimum of six months.

He added that the visas of foreigners who evade the mandatory test would be revoked.

Lagos State Government has also threatened to deactivate the passports of travellers refusing to comply with COVID-19 testing protocols.

State’s Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said some travellers do not show up at COVID-19 testing centres upon arrival despite paying for the test.

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