A new coronavirus variant has apparently been detected in Nigeria, according to officials. If confirmed, it would be the latest mutant strain to be identified after similar discoveries in the UK and South Africa. “It’s a separate lineage from the UK and South Africa,” the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters. Nkengasong said the Nigeria CDC and the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in that country — Africa’s most populous — will analyse more samples. “Give us some…
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