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FG to ban flights from UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Argentina

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2021 0

*As Aviation pressure group lauds FG’s reciprocity on Emirates Airlines John Okoh The Presidential Steering Committee plans to ban flight into and out of Nigeria for countries that have put the nation on their Omicron red alert, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has disclosed. As a

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Nigeria traveller identified in Omicron cluster in Australia

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2021 0

The origin of a mysterious Omicron cluster in Sydney has been linked to Nigeria, according to New South Wales health authorities, who documented six new cases of the virus variant for the last 24 hours leading up to 8 p.m. yesterday, local time. In the last three weeks, NSW Health has discovered 31 Omicron cases, […]

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Nigeria criticises UK on red list, calls it ‘travel apartheid’

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2021 0

The addition of Nigeria to England’s red list following the discovery of instances of the Omicron Covid variant has been dubbed “travel apartheid” by Nigeria’s high commissioner, Sarafa Tunji Isola. “The travel ban is apartheid in the sense that we are not dealing with an endemic,” said Mr. Isola. “We are dealing with a pandemic. […]

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Omicron hits Saudi Arabia, first reported case in Arab world

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2021 0

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of the new coronavirus variant, Omicron. The announcement is the first to be reported in the Arab world. The case was detected in a Saudi man who returned from a North African nation. State news agency, SPA broke the news, citing a Health Ministry official, but did not […]

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COVID-19 Omicron Variant: PSC says it is monitoring situation

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2021 0

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 says it is currently monitoring situation around the world concerning the newly mutated COVID-19 variant known as Omicron. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to Federal Government (SGF) and Chairman of the PSC, said in Abuja on Monday that “as the director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]

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Omicron variant: 2 persons returning from Nigeria – Canadian Government

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2021 0

Two people returning from Nigeria have contacted the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, according to the Canadian government. This was disclosed by the Province of Ontario, as Canada begins closing its borders to seven African nations, according to Reuters. The variant which was first detected in Southern Africa last week has become a major […]

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WHO names new COVID strain, ‘Omicron

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2021 0

World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’. NAN reports that the health body also labelled it a variant of concern due to its large number of mutations and possible faster rate of infection. WHO, in a statement on Friday, said there is an increased […]