Turkey reports first cases of Covid-19 Omicron variant, none of infected people suffer severe illness, says country’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca
Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that six Covid-19 Omicron variants have seen in country's two western provinces. Six cases of the variant have been seen in two cities, Turkey's health minister announced on Saturday in parliament.
"They are outpatients who do not have any problems and are with extremely mild symptoms," Fahrettin Koca said, adding that the infected people have not been hospitalised.All the cases are in the country's western provinces with five of them in Izmir and one in Istanbul.Over 82 percent of the population had at least two vaccine shots.
South African scientists announced on Nov. 24 the discovery of the novel variant, which has several mutations. The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the Omicron variant, which it had declared a "variant of concern," has been detected in 57 countries so far.
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