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reports first cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant - agencies
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[December 06, 2021]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday
reported its first confirmed cases of the new Omicron variant of the
coronavirus, Russian news agencies reported, in two people who returned
from South Africa.
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 Interfax cited consumer health regulator Rospotrebnadzor as saying
that 10 people who returned from South Africa had tested positive
for COVID-19. RIA said Omicron had been detected in two arrivals
from South Africa.
President Vladimir Putin last week ordered the government to prepare
an action plan to fight Omicron, saying it was important to maintain
supplies of drugs, oxygen and hospital beds.
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 (Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing by Alexander Marrow)
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