The United States of America’s in Nigeria has announced via its official Twitter handle to start evacuating its citizens from Nigeria due to the growing number of infected cases of Coronavirus in the country. 
This is coming after Germany, Isreal and France had evacuated their nationals from the country. The US Embassy confirmed the development on Monday night, where it said to have multiple emergency flights ready to airlift US citizens in Lagos and Abuja. The Mission asked Americans in Nigeria to book their flight but not to come to the airport until directly contacted by the Embassy.
The Twitter post read, “The US Consulate in Lagos has confirmed multiple emergency flights for this week departing from Lagos and Abuja. Please do not come to the airport until we have contacted you directly. Please shelter in place and await further information.”
Meanwhile the United States has 139,000 confirmed infections, more than any other country in the world. Worldwide, the total number of infections recorded since the beginning of the outbreak reached more than 770,000. Some 160,000 people have recovered globally while nearly 37,000 have died. 
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