The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam has supported guidelines issued by…
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UPDATED: FG releases guidelines for reopening of churches, mosques
The Federal Government has released the guidelines for religious centres to resume activities in the country.…
COVID-19: Enugu govt reopens Ogbete Main Market as Ugwuanyi relaunches Traders empowerment scheme
Following an agreement reached between the Enugu State government and the leadership of Ogbete Main Market…
CAN awaits details as FG opens churches, mosques, relaxes curfew
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the relaxation…
COVID-19 deaths in Lagos now 59 – Govt
No fewer than 59 patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The Lagos State…
Buhari to decide on worship centres’ reopening today – PTF
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Sunday met with President Muhammadu Buhari and discussed the…
COVID-19 and Reps’ legislative agenda
As national and sub-national governments debate how to reopen the Nigerian economy amidst the shortage of…
Governor Uzodinma clears air on ‘almajiris, herdsmen hiding in forest, waiting to attack Imo people’
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has dismissed claims of herdsmen and Almajiris lurking in forests…
Brazil COVID-19 death toll hits 27,878
Brazil on Friday reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain…
A first charter flight carrying Europeans to China following weeks of lockdown departed Germany’s biggest hub Frankfurt late Friday, carrying around 200 workers and their families. On arrival, “we expect we’ll have very long checks, fever measurements, corona tests, antibody tests, and then we’ll have to go into a 14-day quarantine,” said Bernd Poth. The quality control worker for Volkswagen subsidiary Audi was one of just a few people dwarfed by the echoing departures hall of Frankfurt’s Terminal 1, as he arrived with rolling luggage and facemasks to check in with his partner and young son. Like others on board the flight, which was operated by German flag carrier Lufthansa, Poth had returned from China in February before Beijing closed its borders to incoming travellers, stranding the family in Germany. READ ALSO: FG probes states, agencies over diversion of COVID-19 funds Chinese infection control measures are expected to be strict, as Poth said the Europeans could face a second two-week quarantine after travelling on from destination airport Tianjin to Beijing. “We’re not worried about safety, but we’ve got some concerns about the quarantine, we don’t know what will be waiting for us over there,” said aircraft components worker Alexander Ophoven. Up until almost the last moment, “it was unclear whether this flight would be leaving or not,” he said. China just this week decided to loosen a cap on inbound flights that was set at 407 per week. But even with triple the arrivals showing up from June, the number remains a fraction of the roughly 9,000 a week handled by the country’s airports before the pandemic.
While Beijing arranged emergency flights to repatriate its citizens stranded abroad as the virus spread around…