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Nigeria plans booster shots after first cases of Omicron variant
Nigeria will start vaccine booster shots from next week for COVID-19, a senior official said, after the country confirmed its first cases of the Omicron variant among two travelers who arrived from South Africa last week.
Nigeria on high alert as it confirms three cases of Omicron variant
Africa's most populous nation is on high alert as three people in the country have the newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron, a statement from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed
Omicron Case In Nigeria Dates Back To October, Weeks Before It Was First Reported In South Africa
The discovery highlights the uncertainty surrounding the origins of the new variant and suggests it was circulating long before being reported by South African researchers last week
The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria
A new report on COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy uses high-frequency data to examine effects on human capital, livelihoods, and welfare
Canada to ask air arrivals from Nigeria to take COVID tests
Canada has identified seven people with the new variant, at least four of whom were recently in Nigeria