The Federal Government is not contemplating imposition of a travel ban on travellers over the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said.
Addressing member of the diplomatic corps during an interactive parley on the new visa regime in Abuja on Thursday, Ehanire assured the foreign diplomats that the measures
put in place by the FG would contain the spread of the disease, noting that “there was no immediate reason for now to impose a travel ban.”DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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