Ebun Francis| Nigeria on Friday added Austria and Sweden to the list of high-risk countries following the outbreak of coronavirus.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire made the announcement at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja.
He said, “We have identified two more high risks countries – Austria and Sweden which were added in the past 24 hours to the list.”
Enahire also that there are now confirmed 12 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, nine of the cases are in Lagos State.
The Federal Government had earlier on Wednesday issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the COVID-19 pandemic.
The affected countries are the United States of America, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Iran, Switzerland, Norway, Netherland, France, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
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