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Nigeria to reopen airports for international flights from Aug. 29

Published 17/08/2020, 18:58
Updated 17/08/2020, 19:30
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(Adds detail on protocols)
ABUJA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Nigeria will reopen its airports
for international flights from Aug. 29, its aviation minister
said on Monday.
The airports have been closed since March 23 to all but
essential international flights as part of the country's efforts
to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said four flights would begin
landing daily in Lagos, and four in Abuja, with strict
protocols. He did not say where they would be coming from.
"It is safe to fly, if we observe all those protocols in
place," Sirika said at a briefing in Abuja.
Africa's most populous nation, which recorded its first
confirmed coronavirus case in late February, now has 49,068
confirmed cases and 975 deaths.
It resumed domestic flights on July 8 and Sirika said there
had been no confirmed virus transmissions on flights.
Passengers on international flights will need to provide a
negative COVID-19 test in order to board and pay for another
test after they arrive in Nigeria, Sirika said. They will also
be required to fill in an online health questionnaire and
present it to authorities when they land.
Those currently returning to Nigeria aboard repatriation
flights are required to self-quarantine for 14 days, and
authorities retain passports for that period. Sirika said on
Monday they could "gradually" stop keeping passengers'
passports.

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