Global leaders Panic over Fresh Cases Of deadly Omicron COVID-19 Variant

Global leaders Panic over Fresh Cases Of deadly Omicron COVID-19 Variant

Leaders around the globe have expressed worry over fresh cases of Omicron variant, which is currently spreading slowly.

The government of Ontario has recently confirmed its first case of the new Omicron strain of Covid from two people who had recently travelled to Nigeria.

The government of Ontario confirmed that the two cases are in the capital, Ottawa.

The federal and Ontario provincial officials stated that both patients are in isolation while public health authorities trace their possible contacts.

“I was informed today by the Public Health Agency of Canada that testing and monitoring of COVID-19 cases has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant of concern in Ontario,” Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said in a statement.

“As the monitoring and testing continues, it is expected that other cases of this variant will be found in Canada,” he was quoted as saying by France24.com.

However, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said in a statement on Sunday that the centre is prioritising sequencing of recently accrued samples from SARS-COV-2 positive travellers from all countries, especially those from countries that have reported the Omicron variant already.