COVID-19: 32 Fresh Delta Variant Recorded In 5 States – NCDC



The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)says it  has confirmed 32 Delta variant cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in five states across the country,

The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the disclosure at the resumed briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee, on Monday, in Abuja.

He said nine of the 32 new cases were recorded in Akwa Ibom State.

The NCDC boss listed Lagos, Rivers, and Oyo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as the other places where at least one case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the country.

Ihekweazu stated that the agency had intensified its sequencing capacity to have a better understanding of the burden of the variants of concern in the country.

He noted that the country had the capacity for sequencing the variants, noting that Lagos state alone had three laboratories with the capacity to do that, alongside the ACEGID lab in Ede and the National Reference Lab at the NCDC.

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“We will continue to scale the weekly number of samples sequenced as part of our surveillance”, Ikekweazu said while stressing that the risk of virus mutation was higher when there was a high transmission of the virus.

“While sequencing is important for us to understand the situation, handwashing, physical distancing and the proper use of face masks are very important to prevent the spread of the virus,” he further said.

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He stressed that Nigerians must continue to adhere to all preventive guidelines to stay protected from getting infected with the COVID-19 virus, while herd immunity can only be achieved when over 50 per cent of the population was vaccinated.

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