Have Canada lifts travel restriction on Nigeria ?

Canada lifts travel restriction on Nigeria

The Canadian government has lifted the restriction forced on movement from Nigeria and nine other African nations.

The country's Health Minister, Jean-Yves

Duclos, affirmed this at a media instructions on Friday.

This comes very nearly three weeks later the Canadian government restricted 10 African nations over worries identifying with the Omicron COVID variation.

Beside Nigeria, different nations impacted were Botswana, Egypt, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Talking on the inversion of the boycott, Duclos said the new advancement will produce results from December 18.

"With the advancing circumstance and overpowering proof of local area transmission of Omicron in many nations all over the planet, we have taken the choice to lift the particular measures for voyagers getting back from the 10 nations at first recorded.

"This will be as a result as of December 18, 11:59pm.

"While we perceive the dubious idea of such a restriction, we accept it was an essential measure to slow the appearance of Omicron in Canada and delay.

Given the current circumstance, this action has filled its need and is not generally required," he said.