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Senegal detects first case of Omicron

By AFP
December 06, 2021
Senegal detects first case of Omicron

Dakar: A first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been reported in Senegal, in a visitor who was leaving the country after an international meeting in capital Dakar, a research institute said. The IRESSEF health body said late Saturday that the 58-year-old patient arrived in Senegal by air from another West African country on November 22.