Omicron variant: Ban travels from S’Africa, others, virologists tell FG - Punch Newspapers

28 November 2021

The World Health Organisation had on Friday declared the new COVID-19 strain first discovered in South Africa to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. The WHO said it could take several weeks to complete studies of Omicron to see if there are any changes in transmissibility, severity or implications for Covid vaccines, tests and treatments.

“Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant, as compared to other VOCs.” In June 2021, the Federal Government added travellers from South Africa to the list of countries banned from flying into Nigeria due to the Delta COVID-19 variant which spread fast in the country.

“Given our state of performance, it will probably take months after the new variant case has arrived in Nigeria before we detect it. By then, it would have spread all over the country so why should we not put them on alert? “Also, emphasis should be made to ensure that all Nigerians are vaccinated. The vaccines protected against the previous strains. However note that as the virus moves from one host to another within a country or between countries, it will mutate leading to new strains. More strains are bound to emerge but the effect of the vaccines on the strains scientifically determines panic or calm.”

“Measures taken by countries like UK, Italy and other European countries are country-specific. These countries are already battling with a heavy burden of the 4th COVID-19 wave. I, therefore, think these countries are taking positions that are to their own interest.”

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Nigeria must stand in solidarity with South Africa and southern Africa. Nigeria cannot follow the West and shut her borders to southern Africans. MBuhari GeoffreyOnyeama IbrahimGambari

Oh ho! The FG will stand in solidarity with them until the variant takes root here!

They won't act fast until things get out of hand.

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