The United Arab Emirate, UAE, has said passengers from Nigeria can no longer travel through other countries or airports to Dubai.
This was made known in a notice by Dubai Airports, the operators of Dubai International Airport.
The regulations restricted Nigerian passengers from transiting through other airports.
The move comes as the United Kingdom on Friday suspended direct flights between the UAE and the UK as part of measures to curb the spread of the raging coronavirus disease.
In a notice sent to travel partners, Dubai Airports said among other things, passengers from Nigeria could no longer travel through other countries or airports to Dubai.
The notice was titled, “Dubai Travel Protocol Update–Travel From Nigeria.”
Read it: “Kindly be advised that effective from 01 February 2021, the following conditions must be met for travel from Nigeria:
“All passengers are required to obtain a negative COVID-19 certificate. The PCR should be conducted within 72 hours of the date of departure.
“All passengers are required to conduct a rapid COVID-19 test and obtain a negative result within four hours of their departure time.
“Passengers must travel directly from Nigeria to Dubai. No passenger may enter Dubai from any other country/station if they have visited or transited from Nigeria in the last 14 days.”
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