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Coronavirus – All the news: Another new variant of the novel coronavirus appears to have appeared in Nigeria, the head of the African Organization for Disease Control said today, warning that more research is needed.
The news comes after Britain and South Africa reported new variants. of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which appears to be more contagious, leading to new travel restrictions and market turbulence.
“He is a different executive from Great Britain and South Africa,” said John Nengasong., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Africa at an Addis Ababa online press conference.
“What we are seeing in Nigeria, and this is still based on very limited data, has the 501 mutation,” Nengasong added, referring to the 501.V2 variant identified in South Africa and announced by public health officials there on December 18. .
The Nigerian CDC and the African Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease Genomics in Nigeria will study more samples, Nengasong said.
The country’s leading research center for COVID-19 has just released the genomic sequences of the new variant, Nengasong added.
Nigeria’s CDC did not respond immediately requesting comment on Nengasong’s comments.
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with a population of more than 200 million, has fewer coronavirus cases than many others on the continent.
The number of total cases It exceeded 80,000 yesterday Wednesday. Recorded daily cases exceeded 1,000 for the first time this month.
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