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Netherlands and Dubai ban travellers from SA.Image: Esa Alexander
FLIGHT SOUTH AFRICA

Germany to restrict flights to and from SA and Britain

El Salvador bans travellers from SA Germany plans to impose restrictions on flights from and to SA and Britain after the two countries reported identifying a new coronavirus strain, a government spokesman said on Sunday. He said that the…

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Nigeria’s Minister for Health Osagie Ehanire displays an image of the the novel coronavirus COVID-19 as he address the media regarding the first case of the virus confirmed in Nigeria during a press briefing in Abuja on February 28, 2020. – Ehanire said in a statement overnight that the infected person was an Italian citizen who flew in from Milan, at the heart of Europe’s largest outbreak, earlier this week. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with some 190 million people, is viewed as one of the world’s most vulnerable to the spread of the virus given its weak health system and high population density. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
BAN ENTRY TO ARRIVALS

Nigeria bans entry to arrivals from 13 countries to combat coronavirus

Nigeria will from Saturday ban entry to arrivals from 13 of the countries worst affected by the coronavirus epidemic, the minister of interior said on Wednesday. All the countries on the list, which includes the US, Britain, Germany,…

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