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Coverage dated December 5, 2021

Nigerian official calls U.K. travel ban "discriminatory" and "not driven by science"

Headline from Newsweek

Only 3.78 million Nigerians have been fully vaccinated out of the country's 206 million population.

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  1. Fox News

    Nigeria blasts UK's travel ban as 'discriminatory' (opens Fox News)

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    A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.”

  2. Tucson

    Nigeria slams UK's 'discriminatory' travel ban over omicron (opens Tucson)

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    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus

  3. Newsweek

    Nigerian official calls U.K. travel ban "discriminatory" and "not driven by science" (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Only 3.78 million Nigerians have been fully vaccinated out of the country's 206 million population.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Nigeria slams UK’s Omicron travel ban as ‘discriminatory’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    UK added Nigeria to its travel ‘red list’, meaning arrivals from there will be banned except for UK and Irish residents.

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