Coronavirus in Africa-A Worldwide Pandemic

Nigeria has joined the rest of the African countries with
restriction on airlines that are arriving from countries with high cases of coronavirus.
Nigeria has shut down their airports and land borders to minimize the number of
people from entering the country. On Monday, Tunisia suspended all
international flights and closed their land borders to prevent the risk of
spread of the virus. They also put a restriction on market squares gathering
and included a curfew between 6am to 6pm to avoid overcrowded areas. Sudan has
sealed off all seaports, land crossings and airports, according to Mohamed
Al-Faki Suleiman, a spokesman for Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council.

Hundreds of international flights have been canceled and
suspended, schools are closes, and there is a restriction limiting travelers
from coronavirus-hit countries or there is a ban from visiting some African
countries.

Nigeria has banned the entry of travelers from 13 different
countries including the US and UK- this was announced on Wednesday due to the
rise of cases in the country. “The Federal
Government of Nigeria has also suspended the issuance of visa on arrival to
travelers from these countries. All travelers returning from these countries
prior to the restriction will be in supervised self-isolation, monitored by the
NCDC and Port Health Services”. The ban will be effective on the 20^th
of March 2020 and will be revoked until further notice.

Health officials
have reported an addition of five cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; therefore,
resulting to a total of eight confirmed cases, which one of the patients have
been recovered from the virus, “an Italian man on a business trip in the
country”, stated by the authorities.

Egypt has made an
announcement on suspending international flights starting on Thursday to
prevent the spread of the virus in the country. Also, Egypt has the highest number
of Coronavirus case in Africa. Meanwhile, other countries such as Djibouti is
yet to report any cases of Coronavirus; however, they have restricted the entry
of all international flights in the country, according to a statement made by
the US embassy in Djibouti. All international government officials are in support
of the travel bans across the world (Stephanie Busari and Bukola Adebayo, 2020)

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Bibliography CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Stephanie Busari,  and B. A. (2020). Nigeria coronavirus: entry
ban for travelers from 13 countries as it announces five new cases – CNN.
Retrieved March 19, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/africa/nigeria-coronavirus-travel-restrictions-intl/index.html