NCDC Confirms 3 New Cases Of Omicron Variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has on Tuesday announced that three additional cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant have been recorded, making the total discovered cases of the new variant in Nigeria six.

Omicron Variant: FG To Issue New Travel Guideline

Following the index case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in South Africa, the Federal Government has said it will on Tuesday issue new travel protocol in line with proactive measures against the new variant from Nigeria. The National Incident Manager of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr. Mukhtar Muhammad made the disclosure during a press briefing on Monday, saying the World Health Organization (WHO) has flagged the variant high risk, designating the Omicron as a “variant of concern”.

UK, Israel Ban Travel From Six African Countries Over New Covid-19 Variant

Several countries including the UK, Israel and Singapore have banned travelers coming from some Southern African from entering their countries over a new COVID-19 variant first identified in the region. On Thursday, the new variant, B.1.1. 529, with a very high number of mutations was discovered in South Africa. Confirming the discovery in a statement on Thursday, the country’s National Institute for communicable Diseases (NICD) said 22 positive cases of the new variant have so far been detected in the country. Israel, which recorded its first confirmed three cases of the B.1.1.529 on Friday, has also stopped entry from the six countries including South Africa, Botswana, Estiwatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It later added Mozambique to its list. It barred its citizens from travelling to southern Africa, and also required returning Israelis to quarantine.

CIVID-19 'Omicron': Canada Extends Travel Ban To Nigeria, Egypt And Malawi

The Canadian government has extended its travel ban to include Nigeria and those who visited Nigeria recently over the fear of the spread of the coronavirus variant, Omicron. The Canadian Authorities had earlier revealed today that it has detected the new Omicron variant of the covid-19 amongst the people who recently visited Nigeria. The Canadian Health Minister, Jean-Yves Duclos today disclosed that Egypt and Malawi are other African countries that were added to its list, making the list now to a total of 10 countries in Africa that were meted with the travel ban by the Canadian authorities.

Nigeria Records 58 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, Zero Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said the country has recorded 58 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections on Saturday, thereby raising the total number of cases since the begining of the pandemic to 213,982. The public health agency noted zero deaths which keeps the total fatality toll at 2,975. NCDCD revealed that the 58 new cases were reported from nine states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

COVID-19: Nigeria Have Vaccinated More Than 5M Of Its Citizens – NPHCDA

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has yesterday disclosed that its agency has vaccinated about 5.8million Nigerians for the first dose of the pandemic coronavirus and still counting. The Kwara state coordinator for NPHCDA, Mrs. Debora Oladipo made this known yesterday in Ilorin during the mass COVID-19 vaccination in the state. According to Mrs. Oladipo, a total of 5,891,305 persons which amounts to about 5.3% of the Nigerian total population eligible for the vaccination have taken the first dose, while 3,252,067 that is 2.9% have taken the second dose and fully vaccinated.