During the day on Saturday, up to four European countries have reported their first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus and three more have detected suspected cases. The confirmed contagion from Belgium has been added UK, Germany (both with two infections), Czech Republic and Italy.
What’s more, Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark they study suspicious cases that could be linked to this variant. Precisely in the Netherlands, a significant number of infections (61) were detected on two flights from South Africa that had 600 passengers. It is still unknown if these people carry the omicron variant, something that the National Institute of Public Health does not rule out and that it sees as “probable.”
Belgium was the first European country to announce a case of the new variant, an unvaccinated woman who developed symptoms 11 days after traveling to Egypt via Turkey. The two contagions of United Kingdom They are “connected” and occur in the town of Chelmsford and in the city of Nottingham.
The cases in Germany They are two patients, already isolated, who arrived in Munich from South Africa. On Italy, the contagion is located in a man from the Campania region who returned from Mozambique.
Portugal, for his part, confirmed to be investigating several cases, as recognized by the Director General of Health of the Portuguese Government, Graça Freitas. At this moment there are cases that are being investigated. It cannot be said that they are suspicious cases. They are cases that are being investigated, he clarifies.
Also in Australia the first two cases of the variant have been detected, specifically in New South Wales. These are two travelers, vaccinated with the complete schedule and asymptomatic, who arrived from Doha. IsraelFor its part, it will once again veto entry to tourism and review its quarantine rules.
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