The United Arab Emirates have announced a revision in procedures for travellers coming from Nigeria, South Africa and the Republic of India.
In a statement, the UAE disclosed that entry will be permitted to residents who have received two doses of UAE-approved vaccines.
Travellers are also required to present a negative Covid-19 test result taken within 48 hours before departure.
UAE citizens are however exempted from these guidelines, The statement added that only QR Coded PCR Test Result Certificates are accepted.
All passengers must also take a rapid PCR test, 4 hours prior to flight departure, The guideline also states that Transit passengers should comply with entry protocols of final destinations.
They should present a negative PCR test certificate, with a QR Code from labs approved by the Nigerian government, All passengers must undergo a PCR test on arrival at Dubai Airport.
Transit passengers have also been directed to comply with entry protocols of final destinations, The changes will go into effect from Wednesday, June 23, 2021.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 473 new cases of Coronaviruses cases in Nigeria, bringing total number of infections in the country to 177,615.
165,472 have been discharged, while 2,185 deaths have been recorded.
For Saturday’s figure, Lagos state continues to lead others with 323 cases.
Other new infections are as follows;
Akwa Ibom-46
Rivers-41
FCT-20
Ekiti-12
Osun-9
Oyo-9
Ogun-6
Bayelsa-3
Anambra-1
Edo-1
Nasarawa-1
Plateau-1
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 407 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria.
The breakdown shows that Lagos has 160, Akwa Ibom -75, and Ondo-51.
Others include Abia-33, Oyo-29, Kaduna-18, Katsina-7, Gombe, and Ogun have 6 each.
Ekiti has 5, Delta-4, FCT-4, Ebonyi-3, Edo, and Niger have 2 each, while Bayelsa and Nasarawa have 1 each.
So far, Nigeria has had 174,315 confirmed cases, with 165,005 discharged and 2,149 deaths.
Today’s report includes 0 cases reported from Kano, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, and Sokoto States.
New infections have remained high in recent weeks after the figures became negligible in the last months before the deadly Delta variant was detected in the country.
As usual, Lagos had the largest figure 211. It is followed by Akwa Ibom with 80. Other new infections are as follows:
Kwara-73
Osun-29
Oyo-17
Rivers-17
Cross River-15
Edo-14
Anambra-9
Ogun-8
Ekiti-6
Bayelsa-4
FCT-4
Plateau-4
Bauchi-2
Nasarawa-2
Kaduna-1
Jigawa-1
This is now 173,908 total confirmed cases in Nigeria with164,994 discharged and 2,149 deaths.
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