Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Nigeria detects an omicron case from weeks before it was first reported in S. Africa

A man receives an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Abuja, Nigeria last month. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country

It is the first West African country that has recorded the omicron variant and adds to a list of nearly 20 countries where the variant has been detected.

(Image credit: Gbemiga Olamikan/AP)

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