Corona Virus: Government will not Stop Nigerians from Travelling to China – Lai Mohammed 1
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Corona Virus: Government will not Stop Nigerians from Travelling to China – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government will not stop Nigerians from travelling to China or any other country where coronavirus has manifested. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting of the inter-ministerial and multi-sectoral committee on coronavirus held at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Friday. He

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BREAKING: WHO Declares International Emergency Over Corona Virus 2
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BREAKING: WHO Declares International Emergency Over Corona Virus

The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly coronavirus from China — a rarely used designation that could lead to improved international coordination in tackling the disease. “Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems… This is not a vote of

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Japanese Man Down with Corona Virus After Driving Tourists From China 8
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Japanese Man Down with Corona Virus After Driving Tourists From China

Japanese authorities said Tuesday a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus — apparently after driving tourists from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began. The man in his sixties from Nara drove two groups of tourists from Wuhan earlier in January and was hospitalised on Saturday with flu-like

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Corona Virus: Nigeria at High Risk as Over 120,000 Chinese Nationals visit Annually 9
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Corona Virus: Nigeria at High Risk as Over 120,000 Chinese Nationals visit Annually

There are fears that Nigerian visitors to Chinese cities may contract the disease and spread it to others on arrival in the country if stringent measures are not taken at the airports and other border points. Official figures obtained on Friday indicated that about 120,000 Chinese nationals visit Nigeria annually mainly to explore business and

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