an indication studying "obligatory handle" is seen at a sanitary authority office at the international passenger arrivals enviornment within the foreign Airport of Santiago, amid the spread of the coronavirus sickness (COVID-19) in Chile, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
SANTIAGO, Dec four (Reuters) - Chilean fitness authorities pronounced on Saturday that they detected the first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a person who had arrived within the copper-producing South American country from Africa.
The foreign affected person residing in Chile arrived within the country on Nov. 25 from Ghana with a recently-taken poor COVID-19 check. but a subsequent look at various taken upon arrival in Chile become fine after which sequenced.
"The passenger, who had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, is currently in decent fitness and pleasurable his isolation," the secretary of fitness of the Valparaiso location in Chile stated in a statement.
Chile has had a lessen in infections in fresh weeks due to its huge vaccination application.
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Reporting by means of Fabian Cambero, writing via Hugh Bronstein enhancing by means of Alistair Bell
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