The Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight.
All the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States.
The announcement came just as the Nigerian government placed a travel ban on 13 countries including the United States, UK, China Italy and 9 others.
The government said the travel restriction was placed on countries with over a thousand cases of the novel Coronavirus.
It added that the ban would take effect on Friday, March 20 and it would last for four weeks and was subject to review.
The government also announced the temporary suspension of all visas issued to nationals from these countries.
