Omicron COVID-19 variant

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed disappointment over United Kingdom government’s placement of Nigeria on its red list following the detection of COVID-19 Omicron variant. “We were not very happy when six countries…

United Kingdom has banned flights from Nigeria over the Omicron variant of COVID-19 virus starting Monday, December 6. In a statement via his verified Twitter handle, the UK Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, wrote that only…

World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant have been reported in at least 23 countries in five of the six WHO regions. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed on Wednesday in Geneva and…

United States on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 Omicron variant had been detected in California, in a fully vaccinated traveler who had recently returned from South Africa and was recovering from mild symptoms.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has received President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa at the State House in Abuja. The South African President, who is accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business leaders, is on a state visit…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has on Wednesday morning confirmed the first cases of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo…

A total of 110 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Sunday in the country, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The health agency confirmed the figure in a Facebook post on Monday morning, amid the emergence of a new…

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has called on countries to “urgently” reverse “scientifically unjustified” travel restrictions linked to the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply…