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Pay fine of $3,500 if you Carry passenger without COVID-19 test result- Nigerian Government to Airlines

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Nigerian Government on Monday said airlines would be fined $3,500 per passenger for airlifting passengers without negative COVID-19 test results because it prepared to open international flights.

The Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, said this at the daily briefing of the PTF on COVID-19 in Abuja, NAN reports.





Speaking on the new protocols that might start from August 29, Aliyu said it had been expected that passengers coming into the country must present a PCR COVID-19 test result that was within seven days..

The coordinator also said that when a passenger arrived in Nigeria and presented a PCR negative result, the passenger was expected to self-isolate for seven days and submit his or her COVID-19 test before reuniting with the community.

On the concerns over cases of passengers coming into the country with a negative COVID-19 test result and testing positive in Nigeria, he said that PTF was studying things and would make a choice when the necessity arose.

Aliyu said that doctors would monitor passengers on self-isolation, and if any passenger did not happen for testing after seven days, the immigration would assist, and proper sanctions would be melted to the passenger.

Recall that the Minister of Aviation, Aden Hadi Sirika, had said the country would ban flights from countries that have placed bans on flights from Nigeria when the international flights resume.

Sirika said that meetings have already been communicated with the international carriers where these decisions had been revealed to them.

The minister, while speaking on preparation thus far , said: “We are almost there. Just a couple of things to be done, but we’ll be ready within the coming days. By Monday, we’ll have comprehensive details for the resumption.”

”About 1,280 passengers are going to be allowed in on a day to day in Abuja and Lagos airports, which are billed to start out first when the international flights resume.”