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World Service,3 mins

Covid-19 Omicron: Did Nigeria detect it first?

Focus on Africa

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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)

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