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However, he warned on Thursday that the matter should be investigated further.
New strains of coronavirus have recently been identified in the UK and South Africa.
Concerns have been raised about the emergence of another form of the virus in Nigeria, as many countries begin to impose new travel bans.
“This is different from what has been found in the UK and South Africa,” John Enkengsong, director of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said at an online news conference from Addis Ababa.
He said the CDC in Nigeria and the Center for Genetic Research for Infectious Diseases in Africa would analyze more samples.
When asked for details about the new guy, Enkengasong said, “Give us a little time … he’s still in his infancy.”
He said the pot was ready for an emergency meeting of the Africa CDC this week after new strains of the coronavirus were found in South Africa and Nigeria.
The outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during the Covid-19 outbreaks in both South Africa and Nigeria.
Last week, coronavirus detection rates in Nigeria increased by 52 percent and in South Africa by 40 percent, Enkengasong said.
However, he said there was no evidence that the new type of coronavirus was causing an increase in covid infection. Furthermore, the genetic tracking capacity of the virus in Nigeria is also lower than in the UK.
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