Two Cases of Omicron COVID-19 Variant Detected in UK

Two Cases of Omicron COVID-19 Variant Detected in UK
International passengers walk through the arrivals area at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London on Nov. 26, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant have been discovered in the UK, Britain’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said on Saturday.

The cases, which were detected in Nottingham and Essex and are both believed to be connected and linked to travel to southern Africa, were confirmed after genomic sequencing overnight.