The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on
COVID-19 has said that civil servants would be required to present proof of
vaccination or negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted within
72 hours to enable access to government offices from December 1, 2021.
This is
even as the PSC said South Africa, Turkey and Brazil have been removed from restriction
list for travellers.
The
chairman, PSC on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, stated this during the presidential
press briefing on COVID-19 on Wednesday in Abuja.
Mustapha
said, “statistics generated over the last four weeks on testing have shown that
the trend of infection is going down in some states while in others, the
trajectory is upward. The combined total for testing by PCR and RDT now stands
at about 3,141,795 million persons.
“The
Aviation authorities in collaboration with the diplomatic sector have made
reasonable progress in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Discussions
are still on-going with the UAE Authorities to resolve the impasse.
“The Hon
Minister of Aviation today, presented the position of African countries on
Vaccine Passport which some economic blocks and countries wish to impose, for
travel purposes. This is because African countries have found it difficult to
access the vaccines for their citizens in sufficient number.
“Over
several months, four countries were placed on high level restriction for
travelers from such countries. The PSC has after a review of the developments
in these countries, decided to remove South Africa, Turkey, and Brazil from the
restricted list.
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