A team of 15 Chinese doctors that arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, had begun a 14-day mandatory quarantine.
This was announced by the Nigerian Government on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
It would be recalled that on Wednesday at about 5pm, the team of 15 doctors arrived in Nigeria , Africa’s most populous nation, to support its fight against coronavirus.
The team arrived through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and was received by Nigeria Federal Government’s delegation led by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire.
The doctors on arrival at the airport in Nigeria
However, instead of starting work, they have been sent into mandatory quarantine.