…foreign nationals who had been to these countries in the previous 14 days would be temporarily banned from entering Canada. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Canadian government has imposed a travel ban on Nigeria in a swift move to curb the spread of the newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant. The announcement, which was made on … Read more
The first Omicron cases in the Netherlands were previously believed to have been the cluster of 14 among passengers on two flights from South Africa… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Dutch health authorities said on Tuesday that the Omicron variant was present in the Netherlands earlier than previously thought, and before South Africa had first … Read more
Federal Government says it will release a new travel protocol on Tuesday as a proactive measure to prevent the Omicron COVID variant from entering Nigeria. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mukhtar Muhammad, the national incident manager of the presidential task force on COVID-19, said this on Monday at a media briefing in Abuja. The index … Read more
The agency said early data suggest the Omicron variant may be more transmissible than earlier iterations of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ministry of Health in Ontairo, Canada, has confirmed two cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant in two individuals who recently travelled from Nigeria. In a statement, the … Read more
The new variant “is considered highly transmissible”… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday said it was monitoring emerging evidence on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, which was first recently identified in Southern Africa. The new variant “is considered highly transmissible” and has already triggered a new wave … Read more
South Africans with Omicron not seriously ill, says doctor EKO HOT BLOG reports that the people in South Africa who have caught the Omicron strain of Covid-19 have not become seriously ill, according to the country’s medical association (SAMA). According to Angelique Coetzee, chairperson of the South African Medical Association, the cases discovered in South … Read more
The measure was decided by a cabinet committee tasked with overseeing Israel’s COVID-19 response EKO HOT BLOG reports that Israel, on Sunday, closed its borders to foreign tourists and re-authorise a controversial cellphone tracking programme in a bid to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19. “The entry of foreign nationals … Read more