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Crowded Idumota in Lagos Island bursting with buyers…yesterday. PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI
Concerns were, yesterday, heightened that another coronavirus variant had reportedly been detected in the country following reports from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC).
If confirmed, it would be the latest mutant strain to be identified after similar discoveries in the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa.
Head of ACDC, John Nkengasong, told reporters: “It’s a separate lineage from that of UK and South Africa.”
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He said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) would analyse more samples. ....

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