Canada places travel ban on Nigeria, Egypt and Malawi.

Experts on Wednesday expressed concern that there was a high risk of community transmission of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The experts stated these as Canada placed travel bans on Nigeria, Egypt and Malawi.

Earlier on Wednesday morning, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control through its Director-General, Ifedayo Adetifa announced the discovery of three cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Adetifa said the cases were recent arrivals in the country, ensuring that a follow up to ensure isolation, linkage to clinical care, contact tracing and other relevant response activities have commenced

Meanwhile virologists from different universities have faulted the proposed plan of the NCDC to embark on contact tracing, while  calling on the Federal Government to embark on community testing and increase the vaccination rate in order to prevent more cases.