325 Chinese evacuated from Nigeria

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325 Chinese citizens have been evacuated from Nigeria via an Air Peace flight.

It was gathered that the flight which departed at 10:05 pm on Thursday headed for Shanghai.

France, the UK, and the US are among the countries that have also evacuated their nationals from Nigeria since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Thursday evening, Nigeria has a total number of 8,915 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus with 259 deaths.

Recall that the virus was first reported in China in December 2019 and the country has reported at least 82,000 cases with more than 4,000 deaths.

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