Nigeria tells travellers to avoid China because of virus

Published 30/01/2020, 12:33
Updated 30/01/2020, 12:36
© Reuters.  Nigeria tells travellers to avoid China because of virus

By Felix Onuah and Angela Ukomadu

ABUJA/LAGOS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria, Africa's most

populous nation, told people to avoid travel to China for at

least two weeks because of a spreading coronavirus outbreak, and

instructed those returning from China to self-quarantine for the

same length of time.

Health Minister Osagie Ehanire also said those showing

symptoms of the virus would be taken into mandatory quarantine

in hospital.

The virus, with its epicentre in the Chinese city of Wuhan,

has killed 170 people in China and rattled global markets, with

cases reported in at least 16 countries. There have been no confirmed cases of the virus in Africa,

though Sudanese officials reported two suspected cases.

Nigerian officials have directed airlines to report any sick

passengers before planes land. The two major airports, in Lagos

and the capital of Abuja, are already using temperature monitors

to screen passengers. [https:// Nigeria imports more from China than its other top two

import sources combined, and in the second quarter of last year,

Chinese goods accounted for a quarter of all imports, according

to Stears Business, a Nigerian business publishing group.

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