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Brazil sees 2 confirmed omicron cases, Latin America’s 1st
By Mauricio SavareseThe Associated Press
Tue., Nov. 30, 2021timer1 min. read
Article was updated 19 mins ago
SAO PAULO (AP) — Health officials in Brazil have reported the country’s first confirmed cases of the omicron variant in two travelers arriving from South Africa, the first such cases in Latin America.
The Sao Paulo state health secretariat said a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are in isolation. The two Brazilians had their tests taken on Nov. 25 and showed light symptoms of the disease at the time.
The secretariat statement said both travelers arrived in Brazil on Nov. 23 and took a PCR test before a trip scheduled for two days later. Their positive test results were collected at the Guarulhos international airport, outside Sao Paulo, before a return flight to South Africa...
Brazil sees 2 confirmed omicron cases, Latin America’s 1st
By Mauricio SavareseThe Associated Press
Tue., Nov. 30, 2021timer1 min. read
Article was updated 19 mins ago
SAO PAULO (AP) — Health officials in Brazil have reported the country’s first confirmed cases of the omicron variant in two travelers arriving from South Africa, the first such cases in Latin America.
The Sao Paulo state health secretariat said a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are in isolation. The two Brazilians had their tests taken on Nov. 25 and showed light symptoms of the disease at the time.
The secretariat statement said both travelers arrived in Brazil on Nov. 23 and took a PCR test before a trip scheduled for two days later. Their positive test results were collected at the Guarulhos international airport, outside Sao Paulo, before a return flight to South Africa...
