The Federal Government on Wednesday took more profound measures to prevent the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease in Nigeria.
The government ordered restriction of entry to travelers from 13 countries where the coronavirus pandemic assumed fearful proportions and also directed the closure of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps in the country with immediate effect.
The action of the government followed the third coronavirus case confirmed in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who made this known @NCDCgov said that these are the countries with over 1,000 cases domestically.
It listed the countries as, 1. China 2. Italy 3. Iran 4. South Korea 5. Spain 6. Japan 7. France 8. Germany 9. United States of America 10. Norway 11. United Kingdom 12. Netherlands 13. Switzerland
The federal government also suspended the issuance of visas on arrival to travelers from the aforementioned countries. All travelers returning from these countries prior to the restriction would be in supervised self-isolation, monitored by NCDC and Port Health Services.
On corps members who are currently undergoing the three-week compulsory Orientation Course, they were asked to vacate the are to also vacate the camps immediately.
The directive was contained in a statement sent to all the State Coordinators.
An online platform, the Next Edition reports that a corps member posted to Ondo State, who did not want to be named, said that they were informed of the development late on Tuesday evening.
She, however, said they were told to pick up posting letters to their places of primary assignment before leaving the camp today (Wednesday).
The 2020 Batch ‘A’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were recently mobilised for the orientation course which commenced on March 10.
The exercise was to have ended on March 30.
The closure of the camps is part of the federal government’s efforts to limit the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease currently ravaging several countries of the world.
Nigeria only on Tuesday confirmed the third case of the virus in the country.
