Omicron: UK slams travel restriction on Nigeria, COVID-19 infection increases by 76 per cent

Omicron: UK slams travel restriction on Nigeria, COVID-19 infection increases by 76 per cent


The United Kingdom on Saturday night announced the imposition of a travel restriction on citizens of Nigeria following an increase in the number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the world. This was disclosed by the UK’s Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, via his official Twitter account .

This is as analysis of data obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed a 76 per cent spike in the number of positive COVID-19 cases across the country.

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