Egypt reports first three cases of omicron

Egypt reported its first three cases of the new coronavirus variant Omicron, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday.

“Yesterday [on Thursday], the results of the genome sequence test showed three positive cases of the Omicron strain,” the ministry said on late Friday on Facebook.

“Two cases are not showing any symptoms, while the third suffers mild symptoms,” the ministry said.

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