The passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who refused to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving the country have been seized by the Federal Government.

Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at the national briefing on Tuesday, December 29, in Abuja.

According to him, the names of the passengers would be published on Jan. 1, 2021, while the suspension of the passports would last for six months.

“With effect from Jan. 1, 2021, passports of the first 100 passengers, who failed to take their day-seven post-arrival polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, would be published in the national dailies,” he said.