Meanwhile, the federal government says all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination.
Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja.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.
Also speaking at the briefing, Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, 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.
