COVID-19: Australia confirms transmission of Omicron

Five people in Sydney, Australia’s largest city, have contracted the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 locally, New South Wales (NSW) health authorities confirmed yesterday.
The cases are linked to two schools and a climbing gym in Sydney’s western suburbs, which might also be the source of a confirmed Omicron infection in the Australian Capital Territory, NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said.
Parliament House in Canberra was closed over the weekend to the public until further notice after a staffer to a member of parliament tested positive to COVID-19 after the legislature’s final sitting week of the year on Friday.
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