Nigeria confirmed its first cases of the omicron coronaviruses variant on Wednesday, according to a statement from the country's public health institute.
Nigeria has reported its first cases of omicron.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said in a statement that the omicron variant of coronaviruses was found in three test samples.
The director-general of the Nigeria CDC said that one case was detected in a sample taken from a traveler coming to Nigeria.
The NCDC did not give any other details on the traveler, who was one of three travelers arriving from South Africa last week.
The public was urged to be on high alert by the NCDC.
South Korea and Norway reported their first cases of omicron on Wednesday.
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Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa with 206 million people, and was the third country on the mainland to report the variant after South Africa and Botswana. The discovery of omicron in samples dating back to October underscores how little is known about the new coronaviruses variant. It could be weeks before we know if the variant is more resistant to vaccines, more transmissible or causes different kinds of disease. It is not known if omicron emerged in South Africa, or if it was just detected there after having spread from a poorer area. Despite this uncertainty, governments worldwide moved swiftly to close off travel to South Africa and the surrounding region, something that officials and the World Health Organization have complained is unfair.
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