RIVM: Omicron variant within the Netherlands after flights from South Africa | Inland
updateThere is an initial indication of the coronavirus. RIVM reports this tonight after a preliminary analysis.
On Friday evening, 624 passengers returning from South Africa were tested at Schiphol by the GGD Kennemerland. Of these, 61 passengers received a positive test result. These passengers are quarantined in a hotel near Schiphol.
The omicron variant has been found in a number of infected persons. The test samples were sent to RIVM for further analysis in order to definitively determine the question of the new variant, which was discovered in South Africa. The results are expected in the course of Sunday.
Call to test
On Monday 22 November, RIVM calls on travelers who have returned from South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Mozambique or Zimbabwe, to be tested, even if they have no complaints. A special telephone number (0800-5005) will be open for them from 8.00 tomorrow morning.
Outgoing minister Hugo de Jonge also makes an urgent appeal to these travelers to be tested and quarantined.
As a result of the possible contamination, Dutch people traveling to Switzerland must be able to submit a negative corona test and end the ten days in quarantine after arrival. The Swiss government announced this after the news from the RIVM. The Swiss do not distinguish between vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
Elders in Europe
The omicron variant has also appeared in our countries. In Germany, two infections in Munich have been determined to be this variant. The travelers had returned from South Africa earlier this week. There are also two cases in the United Kingdom, it was announced earlier today.
In Italy, the Omicron variant was found in someone who recently returned from Mozambique. “The patient and the improvements in good health,” reports the National Institute for Cargo. The contamination came to light during laboratory tests at a hospital in Milan.
Belgium was the European country where the variant was used. This is one case. Outside of Europe and Africa, the new variant has appeared in Hong Kong and Israel.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has the variant it has, but has an indication of the consequences for the disease and the consequences of vaccines.
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