Mega international airlines based in the United States, Europe, Middle East and other parts of the world have suspended flights operations to Nigeria as the world battles to stem coronavirus spread,Th
is came as the Federal Government announced the closure of Lagos and Abuja airports to international flights from Monday.
“This is in addition to the closure of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, effective March 21.” British Airways, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic among others are expected to operate their last flights to the country today .
KLM, the flag carrier airline of The Netherlands headquartered in Amstelveen, operated its last flight to Nigeria on Saturday. Meanwhile, it was learnt that Nigerians and foreigners who planned to leave the country and come in for important meetings had rescheduled their flights, according to airline officials.In the meantime, before Saturday’s ban on all international flights, the FG had earlier placed travel restrictions on travellers entry into the country from 15 countries with high burden of coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the International Air Transport Association last week projected that the disruption to air travel would cost Nigeria’s aviation industry $434m in base revenue, 22,200 jobs, and approximately 2.2 million passengers due to coronavirus spread. Ojuri said, “It is easy to shut down an airline but to restart it is a problem. Many of the airlines won’t return at full capacity, it will take some time for them to recover, some that were offering five flights per week might begin with three.
According to him, the closure of airports to all international flights is a preventive measure but cargo, which brings in supplies, will be affected. He, however, stated that they would be needing government’s support due to decline in passenger demand. The corporation in an early statement signed by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood, on Saturday, said, “The board and management of the NRC have decided to stop all passenger train operations as from March 23, 2020.
On the suspension of its overseas scholarship interviews, the PTDF explained that the action would affect the conduct of the second week of the interview. It added, “A new date for the continuation of the exercise will be announced in due course and all affected candidates will be duly notified of further developments regarding the exercise.”
“The three cases in the Federal Capital Territory are being treated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada while the seven new cases in Lagos are being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. All the 10 new cases have mild to moderate symptoms and are currently receiving treatment.”
According to Enabulele, there is nothing wrong in following what other countries are doing to tame the virus from breeding in communities after being imported by travellers. He said Uganda had no single case because the government acted quickly and shut its point of entries. Our correspondent who also visited the National Hospital in Abuja on Saturday observed that the management was reconstructing its isolation centre to have five en suite rooms, each accommodating a patient.
They also limited the number of passengers on a seat to two as parts of the measures to stop coronavirus from further spreading in the state. “The unions were urged to observe the state government’s latest guidelines banning large gatherings of people to protect the health and safety of Lagosians. In Kano State, the governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has inaugurated a task force to check the spread of the deadly virus.More states including Anamabra, Bayelsa and Abia on Saturday imposed more restrictions on large gatherings as the country continues to tackle the effect of the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country.As a result, funerals/burials, weddings, chieftaincy titles and other social ceremonies have been banned in the state if the attendees exceed 30 persons at a time.
The corps also urged motorcycle riders to carry only one person at a time for quick observation of coronavirus symptoms as passengers commute to their destinations.
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