The Federal Government says Nigeria’s citizens infected by the covid-19 would not be evacuated to the country, adding that they would receive treatment in their country of residence.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the positive cases could not wait till they were repatriated home before starting treatment, noting that this would be dangerous to their host community.
The ministry’s Spokesman, Ferdinand Nwonye stated while responding to questions from newsmen in Abuja on the planned evacuation of over 2,000 Nigerians abroad, some of whom have tested positive for COVID-19.
Nwonye added that those tested positive would be receiving treatment in China and are they going to wait till they are evacuated.
The number of Nigerians who tested positive for the coronavirus in Guangzhou, China, has risen to 74 and 10 others in the United Kingdom tested positive for the virus
