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Canadian province of Alberta confirms 1st case of Covid-19 variant Omicron

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Canadian province of Alberta confirms 1st case of Covid-19 variant Omicron
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Canada Omicron variant: The Canadian province of Alberta has reported the first case of a Covid-19 Omicron variant infection of a returning traveller who visited Nigeria and the Netherlands, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw said. "e have now one confirmed case of the Omicron variant in Alberta. This case has been confirmed by a returning traveller from Nigeria and the Netherlands. The individual tested positive while asymptomatic and I can confirm that this individual has not left quarantine since their arrival from international travel," Hinshaw said during a press briefing on Tuesday. Also Read | No case of Omicron variant in India yet: Health Minister Alberta Immigration - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation. The arrival of the more transmissible strain of the novel coronavirus has been anticipated by the Alberta authorities, which are well prepared for any future eventuality linked to the spread of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant, Hinshaw said. Also Read | Who is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new CEO? Not yet clear if Omicron is more transmissible than other variants: WHO Following the announcement, the federal health ministry of Canada announced it had added Egypt, Nigeria and Malawi to its travel ban list over the Omicron variant. COVID-19: How the spread of Omicron went from patient zero to all around the globe | World News | Sky News Earlier on Tuesday, Canadian officials said that there are currently at least five confirmed cases of Omicron infection in the country with four of them being in Ottawa.
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