COVID-19: Nigeria Maintains Seven Days Quarantine Policy As UK Bans Flight From India

Nigeria will continue to insist that status passengers arriving
in the country will be required to observe a seven days quarantine
period before being allowed into the society.

Following the terrible second wave of COVID-19 in India, United
Kingdom has added India to its ‘red list’ of pandemic-stricken
countries.

As of Friday, any Britons returning from India must quarantine
for 10 days in a government-approved hotel.

A source from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who
pleaded anonymity said there have been no changes to the policy on
ground which is seven days COVID-19 quarantine policy for those who
are coming from abroad to Nigeria.

Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) Arrival
Protocol states that “Return passengers must proceed on a 7-day
self-isolation as per protocol and present at the designated sample
collection sites on the 7th day of arrival.”

It further states that “Positive cases will be managed based on
National Guidelines for COVID-19 treatment and passengers who test
negative after seven days will end self-isolation on the eighth
day.”

It was gathered that India had recorded its highest one-day
number of cases, recording 332,730 new infections in a 24-hour
period. In the same period, 2,263 people died with COVID-19.

Nigeria will continue to insist that status passengers arriving
in the country will be required to observe a seven days quarantine
period before being allowed into the society.

Following the terrible second wave of COVID-19 in India, United
Kingdom has added India to its ‘red list’ of pandemic-stricken
countries.

As of Friday, any Britons returning from India must quarantine
for 10 days in a government-approved hotel.

A source from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who
pleaded anonymity said there have been no changes to the policy on
ground which is seven days COVID-19 quarantine policy for those who
are coming from abroad to Nigeria.

Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) Arrival
Protocol states that “Return passengers must proceed on a 7-day
self-isolation as per protocol and present at the designated sample
collection sites on the 7th day of arrival.”

It further states that “Positive cases will be managed based on
National Guidelines for COVID-19 treatment and passengers who test
negative after seven days will end self-isolation on the eighth
day.”

It was gathered that India had recorded its highest one-day
number of cases, recording 332,730 new infections in a 24-hour
period. In the same period, 2,263 people died with COVID-19.