The Federal Government has placed a travel ban on 13 countries to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday.

The affected countries are the United Kingdom, the United State of America, China, Japan, France, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, Norway, Netherland, South Korea, Italy and Spain.

The Statement released on the Aso Villa Blog read, “The Federal Government of Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travellers from the following countries; China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland. These are all countries with over 1,000 cases domestically.

“The Federal Government is temporarily suspending all visas issued to nationals from these countries. Nigerians arriving from these countries will be subjected to supervised isolation for 14 days.”

“The Federal Government of Nigeria is also advising all Nigerians to avoid travel to these countries.

“These restrictions will come into effect from Fri 20 March 2020 for 4 weeks subject to review,” it added.

This is coming after several calls from notable persons and celebrities around the country demanding the ban.

So far, Nigeria has recorded just 3 cases of the deadly bug of which one has recovered fully. Meanwhile, the worldwide infection toll has surpassed 200,000, with a little over 8,000 deaths according to Worldometers.