 Meanwhile, Nigeria has so far recorded 10 new cases of Delta COVID-19 variants. The Director-General, Centre of Disease Control and Citizens, Dr Chikwe Ihekwazo, disclosed these are the ministerial briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. The Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organization as a variant of consent. Given its increased transmissibility, the variant has so far been detected in over 90 countries. Ihekwazo, who was represented by LCE Laurie, Director of Disease and Surveillance Department, CDC, while giving an update on Nigeria's COVID-19 situation, said that while progress had been made in response to the ongoing pandemic with a fast-paced development of diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccines globally, variants of consent with increased transmissibility. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.