Egyptian well being authorities stated they’ve recognized the nation’s first circumstances of the extremely transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Three individuals have been discovered to have the variant amongst 26 vacationers who examined optimistic for coronavirus at Cairo Worldwide Airport, the Well being Ministry stated in a press release late Friday. It didn’t say the place the three got here from.
The native Masrawy information outlet reported the three have been amongst vacationers from South Africa.
The ministry stated two of the individuals contaminated confirmed no signs, whereas the third suffered from delicate signs. The three have been remoted in a Cairo hospital, it stated.
Authorities on Friday reported greater than 900 confirmed new circumstances of coronavirus and 43 deaths over the earlier 24 hours.
Egypt has reported a complete 373,500 circumstances, together with 21,277 fatalities, for the reason that pandemic started.
