Zhou Pingjian, the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, has disclosed that the embassy has suspended the issuance of visas to Nigerians, who are entering China either for business, tour or study. 

He however, explained that it is part of efforts being carried out to contain the coronavirus outbreak in the Asian country. 

Barely one week after the government of the United States of America placed a visa ban on Nigeria and some other African countries, Zhou Pingjian revealed that the embassy has suspended the issuance of visas to Nigerians in a bid to stop the spead of the deadly coronavirus the china embassy and the government have decided that the only way to prevent the spreading of the deadly disease into nigeria was to stop nigerians from entering china.

It was gathered that more three hundred people have died over the outbreak of the deadly disease in China, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it a global problem.

Also, it was learnt that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that the acting secretary CHd F. Wolf explained the ban was in line with Executive Order 13780 signed by President Donald Trump in 2017.

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According to the Order, the global travel security bar was raised by the US and countries had to meet the new standard.

The DHS stated that on Nigeria's part, the country "does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Apart from Nigeria, the ban also affected Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan. With this ban, citizens from the affected countries will not be allowed to apply for visas to immigrate to the U.S.