{"id":243895,"date":"2023-01-24T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T06:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=243895"},"modified":"2023-01-24T07:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T06:39:15","slug":"all-travellers-arriving-nigeria-must-provide-evidence-of-covid-vaccination-says-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/24\/all-travellers-arriving-nigeria-must-provide-evidence-of-covid-vaccination-says-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"All travellers arriving Nigeria must provide evidence of COVID vaccination, says FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has stated that all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Monday by\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The federal government in December 2022 had relaxed\u00a0<span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/22\/covid-19-buhari-govt-to-reactivate-isolation-centers\/\">COVID<\/a> rules in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The federal government had also said pre-departure and post-arrival PCR test requirements for all persons who are not fully vaccinated have been suspended, adding that passengers will no longer be required to upload evidence of vaccination on the Nigeria International Travel Portal (NITP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Speaking on Monday, Okatubo said port health services had heightened surveillance at points of entry following the reported surge in the cases of COVID in countries like China, Japan, and the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cPort health services has resumed checks of passengers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/25\/security-operatives-nab-man-for-issuing-fake-covid-19-vaccination-cards\/\">vaccination<\/a> status and will provide traffic data on inbound passengers from all over the world,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAll international travellers arriving Nigeria are now to provide evidence of vaccination at point of entry and it was agreed that unvaccinated passengers arriving from other countries may have to be vaccinated at the airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe minister of health also recently approved that port health services should meet with other stakeholders such as the NCDC, and the ministry of aviation over the use of rapid diagnostic testing at points of entry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Also speaking at the briefing, Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/16\/covid-19-54m-nigerians-fully-vaccinated-says-nphcda\/\">(NPHCDA)<\/a>, said as of January 20, 2023, Nigeria has fully vaccinated 65,176,784 persons with the vaccine, while 77,070,988 eligible persons have taken at least one dose of the vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">He said a total of 10,390,911 persons have received booster doses.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has stated that all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination. 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