COVID-19: Netherlands and Australia latest to detect variant

The Netherlands yesterday confirmed 13 cases of the new Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 and Australia found two as the countries half a world apart became the latest to detect it in travelers arriving from southern Africa.
Confirmed or suspected cases of the new variant have already emerged in several European countries, in Israel and in Hong Kong, just days after it was identified by researchers in South Africa.
The Dutch public health authority confirmed that 13 people who arrived in the Netherlands on flights from South Africa on Friday have so far tested positive for Omicron.
They were among 61 people

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