Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Britain connected to travel to southern Africa, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday.Article content
Essex County Council later confirmed on Twitter that there was a single case identified in Brentwood in the southeastern region of England. The council said it was linked to a single case from Nottingham in central England involving travel to South Africa.Article contentHong Kong confirms two cases of virulent new COVID-19 variant, one of which travelled from Canada
Twelve people who were staying in rooms close to the two Hong Kong cases are now undergoing compulsory 14-day quarantines at a government facility, according to the statement out Thursday. Of the cases, 100 new cases were in Fraser Health, 77 in Interior Health, 68 in Island Health, 65 in Vancouver Coastal Health and 31 in Northern Health, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.
The majority of active cases are located in Fraser Health, with 1,071 active cases. Meanwhile, there are 593 active cases in Island Health, 536 in Vancouver Coastal Health, 448 in Island Health and 381 in Northern Health. There are six active cases in people who reside outside of Canada.Article content
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s public health lab has sequenced over 90,000 virus isolates in B.C. and will continue to use whole-genome sequencing to monitor for variants of concern, including Omicron, they said.Article content
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