{"id":9896,"date":"2021-12-01T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=9896"},"modified":"2021-12-01T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:07:31","slug":"just-in-mozambique-detects-two-cases-of-omicron-variant-says-govt-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/just-in-mozambique-detects-two-cases-of-omicron-variant-says-govt-reuters","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Mozambique detects two cases of Omicron variant, says govt \u2013 Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican government said on Tuesday that it had detected two cases of Omicron variant in the country, as yet another Southern African nation reports infection with the new variant.<\/p>\n

The two cases detected on Tuesday had no international travel history, the country\u2019s health minister Armindo Tiago told a news conference.<\/p>\n

However, he said the country is looking at them as \u201csuspected cases\u201d based on results from the testing of archive samples from the month of November. Of the suspected patients, one was asymptomatic and the other had mild symptoms.<\/p>\n

#Covid19: \u201cencontramos dois casos suspeitos de infec\u00e7\u00e3o pela variante #\u00d3micron\u201d na Cidade de Maputo e na Prov\u00edncias de Inhambane https:\/\/t.co\/GoKIssKX3X#Covid19ResponseInAfricaTFRI@forfreemediapic.twitter.com\/Qb68hYfCxu<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jornal a Verdade (@verdademz) November 30, 2021<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican government said on Tuesday that it had detected two cases of Omicron variant in the country, as yet another Southern African nation reports infection with the new variant. The two cases detected on Tuesday had no international travel history, the country\u2019s health minister Armindo Tiago told a news conference. 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