UK stops flights from Nigeria over Omicron variant

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Beginning Monday&comma; December 6&comma; the United Kingdom has prohibited flights from Nigeria due to the Omicron strain of the COVID-19 virus&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14579" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;buhari&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"570" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Sajid Javid&comma; the UK Secretary of State for Health&comma; said on his verified Twitter account that only residents and nationals of the United Kingdom and Ireland traveling from Nigeria will be permitted admission into the region&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Sajid stated only UK&sol;Irish nationals and residents traveling from Nigeria will be allowed into the country&comma; even though they will be required to isolate in a supervised quarantine facility&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Nigeria verified its first cases of the Omicron type on Wednesday&comma; which were connected to South African travelers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Nigeria has not reported any new instances of the variation of concern since the initial three were revealed&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Meanwhile&comma; the health secretary stressed that visitors from nations in the European Union&&num;8217&semi;s Schengen Area are welcome&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;