By 160 Nigerians, who were stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic, arrived Abuja, Sunday, are currently been quarantined.
The returnees arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 11.05 am on Sunday, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft.
The plane departed the Newark International Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday around 8:20 p.m. local time (1:20 a.m. on Sunday Nigerian time).
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had said the evacuees would be quarantined for 14 days before leaving for their respective destinations.
One of the returnees explained that they were checked into a hotel at the Garki area of Abuja, noting that the evacuation process went well.
In an early publication from Blackboxnigeria- Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic were reported to be on their way home.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 160 Nigerians, including eight infants, made the first batch of evacuees.
They are returning aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft under the special flight arrangements by the Federal Government for nationals stranded abroad.
In line with the government’s pre-departure infection prevention control guidelines, temperature checks were conducted on the passengers by a special medical team.
The plane departed the Newark International Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday around 8:20 p.m. local time (1:20 a.m. in Nigeria on Sunday).
It is expected to arrive at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around noon on Sunday.
On arrival, the evacuees would be quarantined for 14 days in Abuja before leaving for their respective destinations in the country.
