A first suspected case of the new Omicron variant has been detected in Germany in a person recently returned from South Africa.
Kai Klose, social affairs minister for the western lander of Hesse wrote on Twitter on Saturday that "the Omicron variant is, in all likelihood, already present in Germany."
"Several mutations typical of Omicron were found last night in a traveller returning from South Africa. There is therefore a high level of suspicion and the person has been isolated. The complete
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