Claim: The so-called "Nigerian variant" of Covid-19 is twice as deadly as the dominant "Kent variant".
Fact-check: We don't know if the 'Nigerian variant' is more deadly - Full Fact
Verdict: this reflects the number of deaths among the small number of cases from the "nigerian variant" detected so far. at the time of writing there is not enough data to know whether this variant is more deadly or not.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Daniella De Block Golding
Date published: 2021-04-21T00:00:00