Health officials tend to members of the public waiting to receive a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Lagos.
Photographer: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images
Anthony Osae-Brown
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Nigeria’s daily Covid infections have jumped more than fivefold over the past week following the discovery of the omicron variant in the country of 200 million people.