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Nigeria says it found first case of omicron in November

Nigeria civil servants display their COVID-19 vaccines certificates to security officers before they are allowed access to their office in Abuja, Nigeria , Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan) A Nigeria civil servant receives an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, before she is allow access to her office in Abuja, Nigeria , Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan) A Nigeria civil servant receives a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, in Abuja, Nigeria , Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan) A Nigeria civil servant receives a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, before she is allow access to her office in Abuja, Nigeria , Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan) Nigeria civil servants wait to receive an AstraZeneca vaccine, in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan) Nigeria civil servants wait to receive an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, before they are allow access to their office in Abuja, Nigeria , Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan) FILE- A man receives an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Abuja, Nigeria Friday, Nov 19, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday Dec 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan, File) FILE - A man is tested for COVID-19 in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday Nov. 29, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday Dec 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan, File)