THE NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL (NCDC) HAS CONFIRMED THREE (MORE CASES OF THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES TO SIX AS THE AGENCY CONFIRMED THE FIRST THREE CASES ON DECEMBER THE FIRST.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY THE NCDC, ALL SIX
OMICRON CASES REPORTED ARE DETECTED IN PERSONS WITH RECENT TRAVEL HISTORY TO SOUTH AFRICA
THE STATEMENT ALSO NOTES THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS INFORMED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SEVEN CASES OF THE NEW VARIANT DETECTED AMONG TRAVELERS FROM NIGERIATHE REPORTS OF INCREASING NUMBERS OF OMICRON CASES IN THE UK, HAS ALSO MADE THE NCDC TO PRIORITIZE THE SEQUENCING OF COVID-19 POSITIVE SAMPLES AMONG TRAVELERS WITH A HISTORY OF
TO THE UK.
