Australia detects first COVID-19 Omicron infections

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 28 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

SYDNEY: Health officials in Australia said Sunday (Nov 28) they had detected the COVID-19 Omicron strain for the first time after testing two passengers from southern Africa who flew into

for the first time after testing two passengers from southern Africa who flew into Sydney.

They tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after arriving, leading to an urgent analysis for possible infection by the heavily mutated Omicron strain. About 260 passengers and crew on the plane have also been told to isolate, the health authority said.Australia had earlier on Saturday imposed new restrictions on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as theBritain, Germany and Italy detected Omicron cases on Saturday as more nations imposedNew Zealand also announced fresh measures from Sunday evening, Radio New Zealand reported.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Where’s the data that says Omicron is worse than Delta? Or was this never about science.

🤦🏻‍♀️

Breaking news...

Guess the moment it was detected, and assessed as a new variant, it was already widespread 🤷‍♀️. More infectious...Let’s just hope disease itself is not more severe and vaccines still offer protection

that was fast

哪裏過來的?

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.