Report has it that Angola has barred nationals of countries with cases of the novel coronavirus disease from visiting any time soon.
Angola’s Ministry of Health released a note this week announcing that from March 3, 2020, and for preventive reasons, “it is forbidden the entrance in Angola of citizens coming into the country directly from China, South Korea, Iran, Italy, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria.”
According to Agencia Angola Press, “the document clarifies that all the air transport companies must communicate with their clients about this measure.
“The note also explains that the airliners that violate this measure will be made responsible for the immediate repatriation of any citizens they can have on board and which fall under the said category.
“On the other hand, the National Public Health Directorate must make daily updates of the list of countries included in this preventive measure category, having into account the increase of cases of COVID-19 (initially called Coronavirus) worldwide.”