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The ministry of health has mandated all travellers entering the country to fill and submit a health declaration form over the monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak in some parts of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry said the directive, instituted to curb the spread of the disease, takes effect today, August 11, for passengers arriving the airports in Abuja and Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travellers can access and fill the form online or print and fill a physical copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry encouraged all passengers to fill and submit the form online before departing their locations to avoid delays upon arriving in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Nigeria Health Declaration Form must be filled out by all incoming passengers to Nigeria. Paper-based versions will be provided on arrival in Nigeria for passengers unable to fill the form,\u201d information on the ministry\u2019s website<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis form is an instituted measure to prevent the spread, monitor the possible importation of infectious diseases and aid the control of disease outbreaks thereby protecting the health of all Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The form requires personal information of the traveller. The traveller is also required to provide their travel, health and contact history in the 21 days preceding their arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ministry of health has mandated all travellers entering the country to fill and submit a health declaration form over the monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak in some parts of Africa. The ministry said the directive, instituted to curb the spread of the disease, takes effect today, August 11, for passengers arriving the airports in Abuja and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":88169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1739],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-110465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nMpox: Health ministry mandates ALL travellers to Nigeria to fill health declaration form<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ministry of health has mandated all travellers entering the country to 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