Several mutations typical of Omicron were found last night on a returnee from South Africa. So there is a high level of suspicion that the person has been isolated at home. The complete sequencing is still pending at the current time.

 

 

A new variant of coronavirus called omicron has "probably" arrived in Germany. Hessian Social Affairs Minister Kai Klose said this on Twitter on Saturday. Several omicron-type mutations have been detected in a person who has returned from South Africa, the minister wrote in West Hessen, West Germany, which also has Frankfurt am Main, the largest airport in the country. According to Klose, the authorities are still waiting for the results of the complete sequencing.

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The #Omicron variant is recommended in Germany. A thread of @Sandra Ciesek and @stm_klose ( @Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration ?

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South Africa (South Africa) was the first to announce a new variant of coronavirus under the scientific name B.1.1.529 on Thursday. The World Health Organization (WHO) gave the variant the name omicron on Friday and called it worrying.

Dozens of people who have arrived from South Africa to the Netherlands are awaiting isolation. They are covid positive

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Omicron has many mutations that scientists say may lead to easier transmission. However, according to the WHO, it will take weeks before it becomes clear what the specific consequences of the mutations are. Preliminary findings indicate an increased risk of reinfection compared to other worrying options.

On Friday, Germany ranked South Africa and seven other countries from the southern African continent as mutation areas due to a new coronavirus variant. The stricter epidemic assessment makes it impossible to travel between Germany and the affected areas, and the returnees will have two weeks in quarantine, regardless of vaccination.

According to the Robert Koch Institute, the inclusion of eight South African countries is formally effective from midnight to Sunday. However, the Authority noted that health authorities may declare mandatory quarantine immediately. Bavaria has already done so for passengers from Cape Town, whose flight landed in Munich on Friday night.

Many countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, have restricted entry into their territories in the last two days due to a new variant of coronavirus.

https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/omikron-koronavirus-v-cesku-mutace-hygiena_2111271159_pj

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