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department of health, wadsworth lab in albany, new york, where scientists are taking a closer look at positive covid samples, about 800 of them a week. researchers here started hunting for omicron just as soon as the variant, with its 50 mutations, was identified. is it possible it s in the air and that it s already here in the u.s.? that is absolutely entirely possible. the statistical power of the sequencing programs and the surveillance programs is pretty high. so i think we should see it fairly promptly. reporter: more than 240 cases of omicron have now been confirmed in 21 countries. but tonight there are new questions about where it originated. dutch officials now confirming two cases of omicron were in the netherlands before it was detected in passengers arriving friday from south africa. covid cases in south africa spiking 53% in just the last day. 10% of hospital admission in the omicron epicenter there are reportedly unvaccinated children under 2 years old, a simil