The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it is monitoring the new EG.5 and BA.2.86 subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The NCDC in a statement issued on Saturday also said the subvariants have not yet been identified in the country.
It confirmed that the new variants have already been reported in 51 countries including China, the United States of America, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, and Spain.
New variant
The United Kingdom (UK) had on Friday announced the detection of its first case of the new COVID-19 variant, BA.2.86.
It said the case was confirmed in an individual with no recent travel history, which suggests a degree of community transmission within the UK.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US health authorities had, on Thursday, said they were closely monitoring a new variant of COVID-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is…
