COVID-19: 86 Nigerians Evacuated From Sudan

Posted by Lanre Aerodove on July 03, 2020 in COVID-19 | Comments : 0

Another 86 Nigerians have been evacuated back to the country from Sudan.
The evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 10 am, via Air Sudan on Friday.

This was made known by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).
She said "the returnees would go on a 14-day isolation in line with the guidelines set by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as well as the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 after being tested negative for COVID-19".

She took to her Twitter handle, @abikedabiri:
BREAKING:
EVACUATION UPDATE: Another 86 Evacuees arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja at 10 am local time via Air Sudan today, Friday, 3rd of July, 2020. All Evacuees tested Negative to #COVID19 and will now proceed on 14 days SELF-ISOLATION as mandated PTF on #COVID19 .