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Namibia detects Omicron coronavirus variant in 18 of 19 samples
Reuters
Publishing date:
Dec 06, 2021 • 36 minutes ago • 1 minute read •
WINDHOEK — Namibia has detected the Omicron coronavirus variant in 18 of 19 samples sequenced between Nov. 11-26, its health ministry said on Monday.
Although the southern African country has sequenced relatively few samples, the finding suggests the variant first flagged by neighboring South Africa and Botswana late last month, and since labeled “of concern” by the World Health Organization, is also highly prevalent in Namibia.
Namibia’s Omicron cases were detected predominantly in and around the capital Windhoek, a region that recorded 536 out of 695 new infections countrywide in the first five days of December...
Namibia detects Omicron coronavirus variant in 18 of 19 samples
Reuters
Publishing date:
Dec 06, 2021 • 36 minutes ago • 1 minute read •
WINDHOEK — Namibia has detected the Omicron coronavirus variant in 18 of 19 samples sequenced between Nov. 11-26, its health ministry said on Monday.
Although the southern African country has sequenced relatively few samples, the finding suggests the variant first flagged by neighboring South Africa and Botswana late last month, and since labeled “of concern” by the World Health Organization, is also highly prevalent in Namibia.
Namibia’s Omicron cases were detected predominantly in and around the capital Windhoek, a region that recorded 536 out of 695 new infections countrywide in the first five days of December...
