The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria had been labeled as an extremely severe country as far as movement conventions in light of the central government’s determination to shield Nigerians from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mohammed told NAN in Abuja on Wednesday that the organization of President Muhammadu Buhari has been blamed by unfamiliar nationals for being exceptionally extreme.
He expressed that a Brazilian coming from Brazil, an Indian coming from India, a South African coming from South Africa or Turkish coming from Turkey are not permitted into Nigeria because of high predominance of the Delta variation in those nations.
His words, “We have been blamed that our guidelines are being tough. We say no. We are not being intense for durability purpose. We are being intense in light of the fact that that is the thing that science requests. We are intense on the grounds that we need to ensure our kin.
“This is the reason you will see that the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has assigned and positioned various pieces of the globe where the Delta variation is common or the exceptionally high danger of contracting COVID-19.
“We have marked them confined nations. Starting today we have just four of such; South Africa, India, Brazil and Turkey. What’s more, there are severe travel conventions around these nations since we need to forestall and ensure our kin.
“The principal case, nationals of these nations are not permitted into Nigeria. In case you are a Brazilian and you are coming from Brazil and Indian coming from India, a South African coming from South Africa or Turkish coming from Turkey.
“It doesn’t mean a Brazilian living in London can’t come, you can come in case you are coming from London. And furthermore, not every person coming from these nations are restricted, we make exceptions; ambassadors are excluded, undeniable level government authorities, those coming to fix our framework and economy are absolved by PSC.
“Yet, regardless class whether a Nigerian coming from Turkey or you are excluded for whatever you are coming to do in Nigeria yet you should notice the movement conventions which implies you register in straight with an isolated office supported by the Federal Government.
“Also, when you are there, your wellbeing is observed continually, day two of your appearance, you will do a COVID-19 test, do another day seven, it is solely after you are tried negative at day seven that you are permitted to return home and meet your relations.
“Anyway the individuals who are coming from non-limited nations, likewise have their own conventions to notice, one, they should hole up in their particular homes and two, day seven, they should come out and do a test before they are being released,” he clarified.
The pastor said lamentably, many individuals who rolled in from non-confined nations didn’t notice self-disconnection and in any event, when they did they thought it was an event to welcome companions and relations.
“It is a hazardous practice. Those doing that are imperiling their carries on with, the existences of their companions and relations.
“In the event that you have taken the two portions of your AstraZeneca or new Moderna, they won’t keep you from getting COVID-19 once more, the lone benefit you have, in the event that you get it after you took the antibody, you will not be horrendously debilitated, you may not see it, you will not be hospitalized and you won’t bite the dust of COVID-19.
“On the off chance that somebody roll in from a nation like India for example regardless of whether he is inoculated and he meets a Nigerian who has been immunized, that Nigerian can in any case get this is on the grounds that you need to have inoculated no less than 70% of your populace.
“It is the point at which you have inoculated 70% of your populace before you can accomplish what they call crowd insusceptibility. Here we are as yet battling with two percent inoculation.
“So that is the reason we put what resembles extreme travel conventions around generally limited and non-confined nations.”
Mohammed, in any case, noticed that this rundown was not last and any country Nigeria saw that COVID-19 or delta variation was becoming endemic such nation would be added to the rundown since it was about security of lives of the residents.