COVID-19: Botswana confirms 19 Omicron cases
Botswana Health Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, has confirmed 19 cases of the newly-discovered Omicron variant of COVID-19.
“Such detection should not be confused with Botswana being the country of origin of the strain,” the Botswana health minister said.
Mr Dikoloti disclosed this at a briefing that additional assessments and analyses of other positive COVID-19 samples had revealed 15 more cases of the Omicron variant on Sunday after four foreigners were declared infected.
“We will continue to expand our conduct tracing to ensure that no potential cases go undetected,” Mr Dikoloti stressed.
He further stated that the initial cases of the Omicron variant in Botswana were detected after four foreign nationals, who had briefly visited Botswana, tested positive for COVID-19 on November 11.
The variant was confirmed as the Omicron variant on November 24.
(NAN)
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