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Spain detects first case of the Omicron variant

Madrid hospital makes report

First case detected.

Spain has detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a traveller coming from South Africa, El Pais newspaper reported this evening.

The case of the new variant was sequenced by Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital, according to a tweet by its microbiology unit, adding that the patient was in fair condition.

Spain’s Health Ministry was not immediately for comment.

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