{"id":72288,"date":"2020-03-18T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72288"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T13:46:08","slug":"coronavirus-fg-bans-travelers-from-china-us-italy-uk-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/coronavirus-fg-bans-travelers-from-china-us-italy-uk-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: FG bans travelers\u00a0from China, US, Italy, UK, Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has on Wednesday, banned travelers from China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland from entering the country, noting that it is part of its measures to stem the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Disclosing this in a statement,\u00a0 the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, said that the 13 listed Countries have recorded at least 1,000 domestic cases of the pandemic disease.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement reads, \u201cThe Federal Government of Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travelers from the following thirteen (13) countries; China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland. 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