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Nigeria to restart domestic flights July 8 in easing of coronavirus curbs

Published 01/07/2020, 21:25
Updated 01/07/2020, 21:30

ABUJA, July 1 (Reuters) - Nigeria will resume domestic
flights from July 8, the government said on Wednesday, as
Africa's most populous country relaxes novel coronavirus
restrictions despite mounting cases and deaths.
The airports for the capital Abuja and Lagos will open on
July 8, while a handful of others are set to open July 11 and
the rest on July 15, the government said on its official Twitter
account.
No date was given for the resumption of international
flights.
Nigeria had confirmed more than 25,000 coronavirus cases and
almost 600 deaths as of Wednesday, with little sign of the
outbreak slowing. Officials have expressed their concern that
the outbreak in the West African country might become much
worse.
Yet the government is keenly aware of the economic toll of
the virus, which has crushed the price of oil, on which Nigeria
depends. Officials have steadily eased measures aimed at curbing
the outbreak, believing the economic damage of a stringent
lockdown could be worse than the harm done by the pandemic.

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