The screening of passengers arriving from countries that are affected by the omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus is now being intensified by the agencies in charge of the screening at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.
According to the reports, “passengers from countries where the new strain of covid-19, Omicron, have been detected, are given special attention at the screening points of the arrival hall of the airport. Other countries who have been banned by the United States of America, USA, from operating flights into the USA have also been included on the list of countries whose passengers are to be given” special screening.”
The reports also have it that” passengers from South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Zambia, all Southern African countries who share common boundaries are given” special screening” before they are allowed into the country.”
Arriving passengers are to provide their evidence of the covid-19 vaccination or a negative PCR negative test result obtained within 72 hours before arriving in the country. Passengers are also required to fill a bio-data form and provide where the PCR test will be done after the compulsory 7days self-isolation including evidence for payment.
An immigration officer at the airport whose identity was not revealed says, “there have been instructions from above that particular attention should be paid to passengers from countries where the current new strain of the covid-19 virus has been detected.”
He stated that that, ” the immigration service has been instructed to be more thorough in the screening of passengers from some southern African countries who share common boundaries with South Africa where the new strain, Omicron, has been detected.”
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