LIVE | Covid-19: Australia detects first Omicron infections in two passengers who landed in Sydney
International travellers to England must self-isolate after 2 cases of Omicron variant identified
They tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after arriving, leading to an urgent analysis for possible infection by the heavily mutated Omicron strain. The plane with the infected passengers landed on the same day that Australia announced it was banning flights from nine southern African countries, including South Africa and Zimbabwe.
"My colleagues from the department of genetics and molecular diagnostics confirmed the strain with 90% probability after a sequence analysis," said Ricar. EU officials agreed on Friday to urge all 27 nations in the bloc to restrict travel from several southern African nations.Switzerland adds Britain, Netherlands, three others to quarantine list
Now, following the detection of new Omicron cases, travellers from Britain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Egypt and Malawi will need to present a negative Covid-19 test and quarantine for 10 days as well, the Federal Office of Public Health said in a tweet. The genome was sequenced at the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergency Diagnostics of the Sacco Hospital in Milan from a positive sample of a patient coming from Mozambique.
Johnson said those who had come into contact with people testing positive for a suspected case of Omicron would have to self-isolate for 10 days and that face masks must be worn in shops and on public transport but not restaurants and pubs in England.
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