No Delta variant of COVID-19 yet in Nigeria- NCDC

The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC), said Nigeria has no case of the COVID-19 Delta variant that was first detected in India.

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The NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this at the national briefing of the COVID-19 Presidential Steering Committee on Monday in Abuja.

The NCDC boss said that the resurgence of cases seen across other African countries was being driven by the Delta variants.

“The good news is that the vaccines available in the country at the moment are still very effective against the delta variant.

“So as long as we have access to the vaccine and carry out the public health measures as much as possible, including the travel restrictions, put in place by the presidential steering committee, we should be able to mitigate the risk of this virus in Nigeria,” he assured.

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