A new distinct variant of COVID-19, lineage B.1.1.7, which has cancelled Christmas in the UK, has been found in Nigeria, but its origin comes from samples collected within the country in October, Christian Happi, director of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID
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