The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country saying there were discovered through genomic sequencing.
NCDC in a statement said the two cases were detected in two passengers who came into the country from South Africa, adding the patients were asymptomatic and contact tracing had begun.
”Genomic sequencing of positive cases from routine day two testing for travellers to Nigeria identified two cases of Omicron variant among travellers from South Africa who arrived in Nigeria last week.
“Retrospective sequencing of previously confirmed cases among travelers to Nigeria also identified the omicron variant among samples collected in October 2021”, he added.