61 people who arrived in the Netherlands from South Africa are positive for Covid

KLM Flight 598, Schipol airport, Amsterdam (UGC via AP)

• The Omicron variant is in Europe, the first case in Belgium.

  ECDC: high or very high risk

• Covid-19, in Belgium the first case of the South African variant confirmed in Europe

• Hope: great attention to the new variant

• Moderna works at a variant-specific booster dose

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November 27, 2021 Sixty-one people arriving in Amsterdam from South Africa tested positive for Covid.

The Dutch authorities have made it known, specifying that the swabs will be analyzed to ascertain whether it is the Omicron variant that is of great concern.

The infected were quarantined in a hotel near Schiphol airport.