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More Than 300 Chinese Nationals Evacuated From Nigeria

  China has evacuated 325 of its citizens from Nigeria via an Air Peace flight that was scheduled to depart at 10:05 pm on Thursday. … Continue reading More Than 300 Chinese Nationals Evacuated From Nigeria


The Chinese nationals departed via an Air Peace flight.
A file photo of an Air Peace plane.
The Chinese nationals departed via an Air Peace flight.
The Chinese nationals departed via an Air Peace flight.

 

China has evacuated 325 of its citizens from Nigeria via an Air Peace flight that was scheduled to depart at 10:05 pm on Thursday.

The plane is 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 had reported 8,915 cases of the novel coronavirus with 259 deaths.

However, 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.