H0T: Lagos Government Announce Countries On COVID-19 Watch-List | SEE DETAILS

The state Commissioner for health, Professor Akin Abayomi who made this known on Wednesday, May 12, explained that people coming from other countries into Lagos have been classified into three groups; the red countries, the amber countries, and the green countries.

The red countries are; India, Brazil and Turkey where new variants of COVID-19 are causing an increase in infection rate.

The amber countries are Canada, US, France, Germany, Netherlands, Togo, Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.

The green countries are countries where there are no records of variants from red countries and no clear increase in the number of daily confirmed cases.

"Our protocol for management of inbound passengers from the Red Countries will include: a mandatory PCR test 72 hours before departure, PCR test post arrival and a 14-day isolation in a government approved facility paid for by the passenger.

"Passengers of interests from the Amber Countries are also required to do PCR test 72 hours before departure, PCR test post arrival and a mandatory seven days isolation at home which will be monitored by our logistics, surveillance and EkoTELEMED teams" the Commissioner said.