Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travellers from Nigeria and nine other African countries.
The country also reimposed testing, warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals.
Apart from Nigeria, the travel restriction on flights is also lifted on South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Malawi and Egypt.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was quoted as announcing this at a news conference on Friday.
He said the lifting of the travel ban would take effect from 11:59 pm on Saturday.
The restriction had been announced last month “to slow the arrival of Omicron in Canada and buy us some time,” he said.
“But with Omicron now spreading within Canada it is no longer needed,” he added.
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