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Klaralven

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3. It was first detected in Botswana November 11. Not reported until later.
Sat Nov 27, 2021, 11:33 AM
Nov 2021

It was detected in a traveler from South Africa who was in quarantine in Hong Kong. I think that this is what forced South Africa to report it.

As of late November, elsewhere in the world, there have been three confirmed cases of the new variant.

Belgium became the first European country to confirm the presence of the new variant in a traveler returning from Egypt to Belgium.

Another traveler, who had been in South Africa, was diagnosed with the new variant in Hong Kong.

And there is one case of omicron in Israel. Two other people there are waiting for their diagnoses to be confirmed. The one person who has been confirmed as having the virus had just returned to Israel from Malawi. All three people were vaccinated.

Hundreds more are awaiting COVID test results at the Amsterdam airport as passengers from two flights from South Africa arrived after the Dutch government announced it was banning all air travel from the country earlier on Friday.


https://www.dw.com/en/covid-what-we-know-about-the-omicron-variant/a-59948143

Once other countries start detecting it in travelers, it can't be kept quiet.
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