UK adds Nigeria to red list as UAE Stops International Airlines From Boarding Nigerian Passengers To Dubai The diplomatic crisis between Nig...
UK adds Nigeria to red list as UAE Stops International Airlines From Boarding Nigerian Passengers To Dubai
The diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is getting worse as the latter has stopped foreign airlines from airlifting Nigerians to Dubai.
According to reports, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Air and other international airlines going to Dubai from their bases refused to board Nigerians whose final destination is the UAE.
The airlines it was gathered insisted that they have been directed not to airlift Nigerian passport holders to Dubai.
So far, hundreds of passengers are affected by this directive as Ethiopian Airline a few minutes ago offloaded their Nigerian passengers to Dubai.
Meanwhile England has added Nigeria to their red list. The return of the red list comes after the B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant, also known as 'Omicron', was detected in South Africa and Botswana.
Travellers arriving from South Africa are now required to stay in quarantine hotels on arrival in the UK, along with arrivals from ten other southern African nations.
The World Health Organization has classified the new Omicron strain as a 'variant of concern.'
Nigeria to red list and will now require pre-arrival tests for all travellers
This is in addition to the ten southern African countries that were added to the red list last week.
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