Saudi Arabia confirms first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant

Saudi Arabia confirms first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant

Riyadh (UNA) – Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health confirmed Wednesday the first case of the new COVID-19 variant “Omicron” in the Kingdom.

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted a source at the health ministry as saying that the infected case was a Saudi citizen who has arrived from a North African country.

“With reference to what has already been announced on the emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in some countries, and detecting movement of those infected to other countries, a source at the Ministry of Health said that a case of the Omicron variant was detected in Saudi Arabia in a citizen arriving back from a North African country,” the source said.

“An epidemiological investigation has started and the case was sent to quarantine, where accredited health procedures were followed,” the ministry source added.

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