Nigeria: 100 travelers penalized over virus violation

ANKARA (AA) - Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on Tuesday announced a six-month travel restriction against the holders of 100 passports who failed to comply with the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival COVID-19 test.

Africa's most populous country is facing an ongoing second wave of the pandemic.

The 6-month travel restriction will be imposed “from Feb 5 to July 30, 2021,” the taskforce said Tuesday in a tweet.

This comes while Nigeria’s health authorities have confirmed six more COVID-19 deaths and 643 new infections in the last 24 hours.

“Till [Monday], 14,0391 cases have been confirmed, 11,4635 cases have been discharged and1,673 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control announced in its latest update.

Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos remains the most affected state with a tally of 344 COVID-19-related deaths and 51,771 infections.

It is followed by the country’s federal capital, Abuja, with 128 deaths and 17,858 infections, and Plateau State with 56 confirmed deaths and 8,342 infections, according to the official figures.