Omicron variant found on French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion
The person is a 53-year old man who had travelled to Mozambique and made a stop-over in South Africa and who returned to La Réunion around two weeks ago.
A person has tested positive for the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus on the French Indian Ocean island of La Réunion, reports RFI.
According to official researcher Dr. Patrick Mavingui, the person is a 53-year old man who had travelled to Mozambique and made a stop-over in South Africa.
The patient who returned to La Réunion some two weeks ago, is currently in isolation, Mavingui told local French media.
Omicron - first reported in southern Africa and which the World Health Organization said carries a "very high" risk of infection surges - has triggered global alarm, with border closures casting a shadow over a nascent economic recovery from a two-year pandemic.
