(The Hague) Thirteen passengers who left South Africa and diagnosed positive for COVID-19 on their arrival in Amsterdam on Friday are carriers of the Omicron variant, Dutch health authorities announced on Sunday.
“The Omicron variant has so far been identified in 13 of the positive tests. But the investigation is not yet over. The new variant could be found in other samples, ”the National Institute of Public Health (RIVM) said in a statement.
More details will follow.