Omicron Covid appeared in Nigeria in OCTOBER - weeks before South Africa announced discovery of variant, new tests reveal

Nigeria found first cases of Omicron Covid today in travellers from South Africa
But health chief said retroactive testing had found an earlier case in October
If confirmed it would be the earliest-known Omicron infection, meaning the virus was in circulation undetected for weeks before South Africa identified it
Comes after Dutch scientists also found case that pre-dates Omicron's discovery

Nigeria has confirmed its first cases of Omicron Covid and revealed it was in the country in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world to its existence.

Three Omicron cases were detected in travellers who arrived in Nigeria from South Africa within the past week, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control said today.

But Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, the agency's director, added that retroactive testing of Covid samples collected in recent weeks had identified another case of Omicron dating back to October.

It means that Omicron - designated a 'variant of concern' by the WHO and believed to be the most-infectious form of Covid yet found - was likely circulating undetected for weeks before first being identified.

The discovery comes just a day after after Dutch health authorities said they also found a case of Omicron in a sample collected on November 19, four days before South Africa sounded the alarm.

If confirmed, the Nigerian case would be the earliest-known Omicron infection - rewriting the timeline of the variant's origins.

However, it does not necessarily mean the variant emerged in Nigeria because it is unclear how or why the sample was collected. Dr Adetifa did not give details.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10262197/Omicron-Covid-Nigeria-says-case-new-variant-dates-October.html

Please can anyone enlighten me on how these variants are detected? Abi no be the same PCR test? The one that CDC admits cannot differentiate between covid & the common flu? Please anyone who knows should inform me.

Is this Doctor not a fool? He probably thinks there's a prize for who discovers it first.

If you even check properly, this omicron didn't start in SA.
The westerners are just masturbating on this discovery by barning flights from most African nations because we aren't buying the idea of vaccination.
South Africans too go talk sef. If na Europeans, them go chill.

Mrchippychappy:
This country na wa.

Una go use una hand spoil country name finish and then turn around to accuse the innocent youths of being responsible for the bad name the country has!

All this miracle discovery just so dey can take their begging bowl to USA, EU and WHO to beg for funds to "combat" the spread of Omicron.

Bros ,sense no go kill you . These people are just shamelessly pushing a money-making agenda that's aimed at blacklisting Africa and forcing us to take untested vaccines that haven't completed standard pre-clinical trials. But God wey stop the first wave go surprise them this second time . Useless people

They have come again.

Awon oloriburuku gbogbo

Na Lai......

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Please, I beg you all to tone this down.

Buhari won't close border now ooo

Una dey deceive unasef. The virus only exist overseas, Nigerian cannot be fooled the second time with this bullshit virus.


Even if it exists, we might have even contacted it and get over with it as we do with malaria and typhoid. We have strong immune system coupled with the hardship we have been experiencing since we were born.

Una second phaze of looting with this Omicron bullshit won't work.

If dem like Make dem discover Macroni ,
Fo-lish people

Hmmm,

Wow!

That's such a great news.

How come Nigeria ended up with the most foolish head for the centre for disease control?

This idiot thinks there is a Nobel prize for first place.

Has he totally lost his damn mind? I would sack this mofo faster than a heartbeat.

Nigerians r treated bad when traveling and this good for nothing brain dead person just added Omicron to the unending list of our problems.

So that means another new set of vaccines will be administered ba?

These guys have no shame!! What sort of cheap lie is this?

You want to go and collect WHO relief fund at the expense of the country's image. Now, they will blacklist us but you guys don't give a fvck as long as you get the money.

I don't know what to type anymore, it's a hopeless case.

So why announcing to the world now.

Banned loading for flight from Nigeria.

Mumu people

Lol....photo!

Naija wan cash out from UN as usual

Now that uve told the while world. Come and take ya biscuits. Awon olofo

Naija will always carry first in bad things. Imagine not a single stadium in Nigeria has electronic hoardings around the pitch. In this day and age we still use wood.

Tufia.

Cash out time.

Seems they want do Christmas cash out

Abeg, what’s the prize for the country wey e first appear?

What a bastard country. Always wanting to be first in bad bad things.

Travel ban loading. Nothing concern me sha. Where I wan travel go?

These people just no want anybody to Japa from this country, but God go surprise them

Scamdemic

Koni dafun eni to sobe. Why are you people do heartless and comfortable with white lies?

[[s]quote author=Mrchippychappy post=108121124]This country na wa.

Una go use una hand spoil country name finish and then turn around to accuse the innocent youths of being responsible for the bad name the country has!

All this miracle discovery just so dey can take their begging bowl to USA, EU and WHO to beg for funds to "combat" the spread of Omicron.

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Mrchippychappy:


Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10262197/Omicron-Covid-Nigeria-says-case-new-variant-dates-October.html

Cc Golan007

Hope you can see for yourself now? When we were saying FG is only after the emergency Covid-19 funds from EU, WHO and USA, you said how can we be thinking like that.

How can Nigeria say they discovered the Omicron Covid-19 variant weeks before SA raised an alarm?

Funny people. Keep looting the country.