There are plans that Nigeria is likely to be added to the expected growing list of Covid omicron variant nations, Njenje Media News reports.
UK ministers will meet soon to decide whether to increase travel restrictions to combat the omicron variant.
According to UK Daily Telegraph, “the travel red list could be expanded this weekend, with arrivals from Nigeria facing the prospect of hotel quarantine.
Ten African countries including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe have so far been put on the travel red list, requiring arrivals to quarantine for 11 nights in a government-approved hotel at a cost of up to £2,285.
This list could be expanded this weekend, with arrivals from Nigeria facing the prospect of hotel quarantine, requiring arrivals to quarantine for 11 nights in a government-approved hotel at a cost of up to £2,285.
Ministers on the Covid Operations Cabinet sub-committee could meet as early as Saturday to decide whether to increase restrictions to combat the new omicron variant that emerged in Europe but discovered in South Africa.
It emerged this week that omicron was in Nigeria in October – before the variant was identified and disclosed to the world last week.
Nigeria’s national public health institute confirmed its first case of omicron was found in a sample from October.
Nigeria is the first country in West Africa to record the new variant that has put the world on edge in the lead-up to Christmas.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (CDC) identified its first cases through genomic sequencing of Covid-19. They came from two unidentified travellers who arrived last week but the variant had already been confirmed beforehand.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (CDC) identified its first cases through genomic sequencing of Covid-19. They came from two unidentified travellers who arrived last week but the variant had already been confirmed beforehand.
