EMBARRASSING: Website of Nigerian embassy in China last updated in 2013 despite coronavirus outbreak

THE official website of the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing, China was last updated around 2013 despite an ongoing threat from novel coronavirus, that broke out earlier this month in Wuhan, China, and has since killed over 200 people.

Cases of the virus attack have been confirmed in over 20 other countries, leading the World Health Organisation to declare it a global health emergency on Thursday.

Many countries, including the US, UK, Canada, France, and India, have released travel advisories warning their citizens against travelling to China or even banned such flights outright. Others have started evacuating their nationals from affected regions.

But, Nigeria’s plans for her citizens residing in the East Asian country are still murky—though they numbered over 10,000 as of 2014. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said, on Wednesday, that there no plans to evacuate Nigerians “for now”.

That is not all. It has been observed that the country’s embassy in China appears unprepared to properly handle the situation and safeguard Nigerians. Its website contains no announcements about the virus outbreak and there are, in fact, indications it was last updated as far back as in 2013.

The “latest events” page contains only one update about a musical show organised to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. It was scheduled to take place on Friday, October 12, 2012. The public notice page has two entries: one from June 2007 and the latest from October 2013 about visa applications.

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That's bad, corona spread too quick mainly 'cause of china population I guess, but the worst is CORONA IS NOW IN AFRICA