According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, 60 persons who were evacuated from Ukraine tested positive for Covid-19.
According to the latest information from the CDC, the additional cases brought the total number of new daily illnesses to 118.
The new cases were mostly reported in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria’s capital and largest city, respectively. Earlier this week, the country recorded only two new infections, the lowest daily figure since the disease’s outbreak in 2020.
The World Health Organization had previously warned that undetected Covid-19 spread could result from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
More than 700 Nigerians have returned home from Ukraine, with the government aiming to evacuate 5,000 people.
Many of them are said to have travelled into Romania, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, where they will be transported back to Nigeria by ferries.
BBC