Hundreds of Nigerian citizens evacuated from Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the capital Abuja, said an official on Wednesday.
“We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja,” Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said in a tweet.
“A large number are nursing mothers and children and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine.”
Saudi authorities identified around 11,600 Nigerian nationals stranded in the kingdom due to travel restrictions, according to an earlier report by Nigerian news outlet Premium Times.
Nigeria has recorded 6,401 coronavirus cases so far, including 192 deaths, while Saudi Arabia’s overall count is close to 60,000 with over 320 deaths.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 91,598, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
As per the latest update, 2,912 people, half of them
You’ve reached your free article limit
Subscribe to enjoy unlimited access to trusted journalism. Cancel anytime.
Subscribe nowNeed help? molokom@insidepolitic.co.za
