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The Government of Nigeria has issued a travel ban on the United State of America, the United Kingdom, China and 10 other countries following the persistent wide spread of the Novel Coronavirus.

Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation made the announcement on Wednesday at a press conference.

Other affected countries are Japan, Iran, Switzerland, Norway, Netherland, France, South Korea, Germany, Italy and Spain.

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Newsheadline247 reports that the Government of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, on Tuesday confirmed the third case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state which also counts as the total number in the country.

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The state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi, during the announcement said, ”We have a 30-year-old who returned on March 13. She returned from the UK after a 10-day stay. After the isolation period, she became unwell and had a dry cough.”

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