3 Omicron COVID-19 Cases Reported in Germany

3 Omicron COVID-19 Cases Reported in Germany
A woman takes the digital data of a man at a drive through rapid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test centre amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, on Nov. 27, 2021. Michaela Rehle/Reuters
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BERLIN—Germany said on Sunday it had detected a total of three cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant after a suspected infection in the western state of Hesse was confirmed.

“The sequencing has confirmed the result—the suspected case which was made public yesterday morning is the Omicron variant,” Kai Klose, Social Affairs Minister in the state of Hesse wrote on Twitter.