John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says a new variant of COVID-19 has been reported in Nigeria. He disclosed this on Thursday at a virtual media briefing to give an update on the COVID-19 situation in Africa. On December 21, the Africa CDC had issued a statement on a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which was reported recently in South Africa and the United Kingdom. The agency had said the variant was first identified in Nelson Mandela Bay and…
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