Africa Business Radio

The federal government is mulling the possibility of compelling passengers of domestic airlines to show evidence of vaccination. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says it was commonplace in many foreign countries for people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, in order to be admitted to restaurants, cinemas, nightclubs, even to board aircraft on international flights. Ehanire says the vaccines being used in the country are trusted and are of high standards. The minister said Nigeria had so far tested a total of 3,392,457 samples, of which 213,147 were confirmed positive for Covid-19, while active cases are 4,447 and cases discharged to date are 205,732.