The United Kingdom has said effective from Monday flights from Nigeria will be banned from entering the country.
The action from the UK government comes after Canada applied the same measure against Nigeria after detecting the variant from travellers who landed the country from Nigeria.
The Federal Government had, on Wednesday, confirmed three cases of the Omicron variant from travellers from South Africa.
In a statement, the UK Mission in Nigeria said: “From 4am on 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for international travel to England.
“This follows 21 recent cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron) linked to travels from Nigeria.
“From 4am on 6 December, UK and Irish citizens and residents arriving from Nigeria must isolate in a government approved managed quarantine facility for 10 days, and receive two PCR tests, as the UK government takes further precautionary action against the Omicron variant.
“From 4am on 6 Dec a temporary travel ban will be introduced for non-UK and non-Irish citizens and residents who’ve been in Nigeria in the previous 10 days, meaning they will be refused entry into the UK.
“This doesn’t apply to those staying airside and only transiting through…”
