According to reports reaching oyogist.com, the Presidential task force in Nigeria said four people so far has been diagnosed with the B117 Covid-19 strain in Nigeria.
The PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha disclosed this during a briefing, further stressing that three out of the four persons are travellers from Nigeria to other places while the fourth case was discovered in-country.
“Over the last few weeks, the PTF has been closely following the rising number of infections reported daily in Nigeria and in other jurisdictions. Similarly, our scientists have been sequencing the variants of the virus.
“There have been reports of cases with the B117 variant strain, first reported in the UK, found in Nigeria. Three of these were in travellers out of Nigeria and one a resident” he said.
