Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has received 256 Nigerians, who were evacuated from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The returnees arrived at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday night.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, had announced that the evacuation was being carried out in accordance with NCDC guidelines.
In a tweet on Wednesday night, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the returnees would be taken in for isolation despite testing negative to Coronavirus.
“They will be proceeding to a location for compulsory isolation. All 256 tested negative for COVID-19 before boarding from Dubai,” she tweeted.
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