Oman records first two cases of omicron COVID-19 variant

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A medical worker collects a swab sample from a passenger for a RT-PCR Coronavirus test at the Muscat international airport in the Omani capital on Oct. 1, 2020. (File/AFP)
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  • The latest infection numbers in the sultanate have hovered at less than 35 daily cases during the past month

DUBAI: Oman recorded its first two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant, according to state news agency ONA. 

This comes in the wake of the Sultanate announcing that its 18-plus population would now be allowed to book boosters in a bid to counter the spread of the omicron COVID-19 variant. 

鈥淓pidemiological reports and analyses about the situation in the Sultanate of Oman point to a minor increase in positive cases, with hospitalizations and intensive care cases maintaining low rates,鈥� the statement said, adding that 93 percent of the target population has already received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The latest infection numbers in the sultanate have hovered at less than 35 daily cases during the past month.

Topics: Oman COVID-19