The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that two cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant have been detected in Nigeria.
According to a statement by Ifedayo Adetifa, the NCDC director-general, the variant was detected in two Nigerians who arrived in the country last week.
Omicron COVID-19 is the latest variant of concern and deadly variant as declared by the World Health Organization.
The first case was detected in Bostwana on November 15 and several cases have been discovered in Netherlands, Italy, South Africa and some parts of Europe.