Nigeria
The lifting of traveling restriction on travelers from Nigeria and ten African countries from a red list over the outbreak and spread of Coronavirus' new variant, Omicron has continued to generate reaction among Nigerians.
The UK had on December 5 placed Nigeria among a red list of countries where travelers except Britons were not allowed to fly in from.
A medical expert in Lagos, Doctor Casmir Ifeanyi says instead of blacklisting countries, measures should be put in place to stem the spread of the variant.
He said citizens should be educated on the need to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
“Rather than red listing Nigeria, one would have expected that the British government, the UK as a developed country with capacity in this area would find intervention programs, means of building capacity and ability to detect is a key evaluation point in global health response so our capacity as African countries to detect is still very low" Dr Ifeanyi said.
In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial centre many residents have described the listing of Nigeria in the United Kingdom red list as discriminatory. It is "wrong to treat Nigerians or Africans that way” a resident said.
As of Tuesday December 14, when the United Kingdom removed Nigeria from its Red List, the west African country had recorded 11 cases of Covid from the Omicron Variant.
02:20
Kaduna film festival 2025 champions African cinema for social change
01:14
Measles outbreak kills 17 in Indonesia’s east java
01:01
US limits new Covid-19 vaccines to high-risk groups, removes Pfizer for under-5s
01:11
Deadly bandit attack hits Zamfara village in Nigeria
01:00
Pix of the Day: August 26, 2025
00:58
Turkey: baby Gorilla rescued from plane set to return to Nigeria