The Federal Government on Thursday evening shut down three international airports in the country as part of precautionary measures to curb the ravaging spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The three airports shut are Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Nuhu.
Nuhu said the three airports would be closed till further notice effective Saturday, March 21.
He said the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos would still be opened but no flight from the 13 COVID-19 high-risk countries would be allowed into the country.
Earlier Thursday, the Lagos State Ministry of Health said Thursday that four new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the state.
This brings to 12 the total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria, although one of the victims has fully recovered.
The Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, addressed journalists on the new cases on Thursday at the state secretariat.
The Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, addressed journalists on the new cases on Thursday at the state secretariat.
He said the latest patients have been admitted for treatment at the Lagos State bio-security and infectious disease hospital, Yaba, Lagos.
He said 19 tests were performed on suspected cases and contacts of the five cases announced on Wednesday, out of which four turned positive.
The first of the new positive cases is that of a woman who had contact with one of the earlier positive cases who returned from the UK.
The second is that of a Nigerian female who returned from France via a Turkish airline (TK 1830) on March 14.
