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•Africa CDC: Nigeria’s variant different from UK, S’Africa’s Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Eromosele Abiodun and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos The federal government yesterday allayed fears over the discovery of a new variant of COVID-19 virus in Nigeria. A senior official of the Federal Ministry Health told THISDAY that the new COVID-19 variant has not yet become a major threat. Also, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, has said that the PTF is in touch with Professor Christian Happi, who alongside Ify Aniebo led a group to carry out a study, where they found that the United Kingdom’s ‘lineage B.1.1.7,’ a mutant variant of the virus, has been existing in Nigeria for months.

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