Covid-19 Omicron: Did Nigeria detect it first?

BBC Africa Health Correspondent Rhoda Odhiambo clarifies Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control claims that they had found the Omicron variant before South Africa. Claims that the CDC subsequently changed.

(Photo: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV variant OMICRON Blood Sample. Credit: Getty Images)

02 December 2021

4 minutes

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