COVID-19: Omicron Variant Yet to Be Detected in Nigeria, Says FG

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As countries across the world continued to take measures to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, Nigeria yesterday said there was currently no reported detection of the strain in the country.

National COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Mukhtar Muhammad, stated this position yesterday in Abuja at a media briefing organised by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19.

Addressing journalists, Muhammad stressed that as of yesterday, there had not been any detected case, saying, “the PSC has continued to review our risk of this latest information and take every necessary step to stop it from being imported into the country. We have taken far-reaching proactive measures to minimise and mitigate this possibility."

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