Vietnam Omicron Case
Vietnam detects first Omicron case
Hanoi: Vietnam has emerged as the latest nation to report an Omicron case, media reports said on Tuesday.
As per the country's Health Ministry, a person arriving in Hanoi from the U.K. has been confirmed to be infected with the variant.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son told VN Express the person arrived nine days earlier and is now quarantined at the 108 Military Hospital.
"The health ministry has informed about the case to the government," Son said.
The infected person landed at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport on December 19 and tested positive for the coronavirus. They were taken to the 108 Military Hospital soon after, VNExpress reported.
Genetic sequencing on December 20 and December 21 confirmed that the person is infected with the Omicron, or B.1.1.529 variant, said the ministry.
The variant was first detected in South Africa.
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