The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday announced that three new cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus have been reported.
Thus, bringing the total number of the discovered variant of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria to six.
The Omicron variant, which was first reported by South Africa, has been designated a ‘variant of concern’ by the World Health Organization.
The NCDC in its statement said, “The NCDC has confirmed three (3) more cases of COVID-19 with the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, i.e., the Omicron variant, in Nigeria.
“In addition to the three cases announced earlier on 1st December 2021, this brings the total number of confirmed cases of the Omicron variant detected in Nigeria to six (6). All the Omicron cases so far were detected in persons with recent travel history to South Africa in November.”
