300 Nigerians on Saturday arrived the Muritala Muhammed Int’l Airport,Lagos in the 5th Evacuation flight from the United States Of America since the outbreak of Coronavirus.
According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,NIDCOM in a tweet via the official Twitter handle,the Evacuees arrived onboard Ethiopian Airline.
The returnees, who tested negative for COVID-19 before departure, are expected to self-isolate for 14 days in accordance to the protocol of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
This brings the number of evacuees from the US to a total of 1,430.
BREAKING NEWS.
5TH EVACUATION FLIGHT FROM USA.
300 Nigerians arrive Murtala Muhammed Int’l Airport, Lagos from the United States of America at about 1500HRS today 1st of August 2020 via Ethiopian Airlines.
This brings the number of evacuees from the US to a total of 1,430.
1/2. pic.twitter.com/Gs6CGr4sZY— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) August 1, 2020