{"id":3661,"date":"2024-12-07T21:19:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T21:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2024-12-07T21:19:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T21:19:37","slug":"xec-new-covid-19-strain-not-in-nigeria-fg-assures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/xec-new-covid-19-strain-not-in-nigeria-fg-assures\/","title":{"rendered":"XEC: New Covid-19 strain not in Nigeria \u2013 FG assures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3662\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-5-300x184.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-5-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-5.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government on Saturday said the COVID variant \u2014 XEC, has not been detected in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare gave the assurance in a statement issued by the Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr. Alaba Balogun, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said the government deemed it fit to correct the misinformation and apprehension of the public as regards the purported resurgence of COVID-19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Balogun urged Nigerians to ignore the contents of a letter, circulating on social media, with\u00a0Ref.No.DHS\/INSPDIV\/017\/VOL.1\/46 dated Dec. 5, implying that the variant was in Nigeria, as it was cautionary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may recall that a newly detected COVID variant, XEC, was reported in Australia and has spread to 29 countries globally, showing more virulence over other circulating strains with concern over its possible impact on service delivery in our federal tertiary hospitals,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the good news is that there is no evidence of COVID variant XEC in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the above, the public is advised not to panic but to continue with the universal precautions of observing personal hygiene, including regular washing of hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the ministry,\u00a0 has intensified surveillance, through her agencies, Including at all entry points to Nigeria.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nFurthermore, Balogun added that the Federal Government had been proactive in upgrading its federal tertiary hospitals by establishing molecular laboratories, isolation centres, and intensive care units (ICUs) equipped with ventilators.<\/p>\n<p>The XEC variant, a sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron strain, was first reported in May and has\u00a0been detected in 43 countries across Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Publisher Kindly share: The Federal Government on Saturday said the COVID variant \u2014 XEC, has not been detected in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,2],"tags":[938],"class_list":["post-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-showbiz","category-news","tag-xec-covid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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