Dutch authorities have actually stated 61 individuals who got here in Amsterdam on 2 flights from South Africa the other day have actually evaluated favorable for Covid-19
Officials hurried to evaluate around 600 individuals who got to Schiphol Airport on the KLM flights from Johannesburg in the middle of issues about the brand-new Covid-19 variation.
Further tests are now being performed to see if any of the favorable cases are the brand-new Omicron variation.
Dutch health authorities stated: ‘Travelers with a favorable test outcome will be put in seclusion at a hotel at or near Schiphol.
‘Of the favorable test outcomes, we are investigating as rapidly as possible whether they are the brand-new variation of issue, now called “Omicron”.’
The Netherlands was among a variety of nations to close its borders to tourists from southern Africa the other day in a quote to avoid Omnicron reaching its coasts.
The UK, Canada, United States, Russia and other EU nations have actually all enforced travel limitations.
After restrictions were revealed, Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge stated all guests currently en path would need to go through screening and quarantine upon arrival.
The choice implied those landing at Amsterdam were hung on the tarmac for a number of hours.
‘Vigorous applause because there is a BUS that has come to take us … somewhere,’ tweeted New York Times reporter Stephanie Nolen, a guest on the flight from Johannesburg who later on evaluated unfavorable.
She included: ‘Bus to a hall to a huge queue. I can see COVID testers in bright blue PPE far on the distance. Still no snacks for the sad babies.’
Omicron has actually now been discovered in Belgium, Hong Kong and Israel in addition to in southern Africa.
Suspected cases have actually likewise been gotten in Germany and the Czech Republic, although samples are still being evaluated.
There is absolutely nothing that presently recommends the brand-new alternative causes more serious illness.
But it has a number of anomalies which recommend it is more transmissible and more resistant to antibodies.
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