The Nigeria CDC said it is studying the new strain. Director general Chikwe Ihekweazu said at a national COVID-19 briefing that it may be too early to determine if the new strain is deadlier or weaker than its parent virus. What we re now going to do is collect a selection of other viruses circulating in Nigeria now, so from the more recent cases and try and compare what we have now with what we have previously in Nigeria but also what is circulating abroad, Ihekweazu said. This is ongoing work.”
Mutant strains of the coronavirus have appeared in Britain and South Africa in recent weeks but African health officials said the Nigerian variant is different from both. Nigeria is recording an escalation in coronavirus cases. Infections have increased by 52 per cent from November to December.
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