0ur correspondent mayeni jones in lagos said this will have an economic as well as a social impact in nigeria. what it s going to mean is huge amounts of disruption at a time of the year when nigerians both in the uk and back here in lagos are travelling. they are trying to see friends, trying to see relatives, particularly because over the last three years, many people had not been able to travel. i think it s also worth mentioning this time of year is hugely important for the nigerian economy, this is a country with a population of 200 million people, a lot of people live in the diaspora in the uk, in the united states. and they come back home at christmas. they spend money here, they eat in restaurants, they attend weddings and parties, all of this is now going to be affected by the fact that nigeria has been added to the uk red list. doctor viola priesemann is a physicist at the max planck institute in germany she s been looking at the spread of
stopping it. because 0micron is now spread widely across the world and it s really difficult to work out why some countries are being selected in this way and not others. thank you. thank you for talking to us. professor martin mckee. nigeria has become the latest country to be added to the uk s red travel list. ten other african countries were added to the list last week following concerns about the emergence of the 0micron variant. the british government says the decision is temporary and will be reviewed in three weeks. 0ur correspondent mayeni jones in lagos said this will have an economic as well as a social impact. what it s going to mean is huge amounts of disruption at a time of the year when nigerians both in the uk and back here in lagos are travelling. they are trying to see friends, trying to see relatives, particularly because over the last three years, many people had not been able to travel. i think it s also worth mentioning this time of year is hugely important for the