The National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation are considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19.

The Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator SMART ADEYEMI, who stated this in an interview in  Abuja, said a  decision on the issue would be announced next week.

The Federal Government's plan may not be unconnected with pressures on it to stop further spread of coronavirus by banning flights from nations with high rates of the virus.

Recall that the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof INNOCENT UJAH, had in an interview,  said travelers from the UK and the US were worsening COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.

Although the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had on Thursday imposed fresh requirements on passengers from the UK and South Africa, flights from the two countries were not banned.

The PTF only opened registers for travellers from the two countries because of deadlier strains of coronavirus discovered there.