As cases of infection with 'Omicron', a COVID-19 mutant virus, have been confirmed one after another in Europe, each country has an emergency.
Following Belgium the day before, new mutant infections were confirmed in Britain, Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic that day.
In the Netherlands, dozens of passengers on a flight from South Africa have been tested positive for COVID-19, some of which are believed to have been infected with the new mutation, so authorities have started further confirmation.
According to foreign media reports such as Reuters and AFP, the first new mutant infection was confirmed in Europe the day before in Belgium, followed by two people infected with the mutant virus in the UK on the same day.
British Health Minister Sajid Javid said that Chelmsford and Nottingham had confirmed cases of infection with the COVID-19 mutant Omicron, respectively, and the two cases were linked.
Javid explained that two people who are currently in self-quarantine have been to South Africa, and the government is responding quickly, including tracking their movements.
Two cases of Omicron infection were also confirmed in the southern German state of Bavaria.
The Bavarian state health ministry said the two arrived in Germany via Munich Airport on the 24th and are currently in quarantine.
Italy's health authorities said the first case of infection came from a person from Mozambique.
The Italian Institute for Higher Health said, "The health of the patient and his family is good," and explained that it is in the process of further confirmation.
A local hospital in Liberec, a city in the northern Czech Republic, also announced today that Omicron was confirmed in a female patient, AFP news agency reported citing local media.
In the Netherlands, 61 passengers on two flights from South Africa that arrived at Amsterdam Airport the day before have tested positive for COVID-19.
Local authorities said some of them may have been infected with Omicron.
Hei Klose, minister for social affairs in Hesse, Germany's central western German state, said on Twitter that a traveler who returned from South Africa the night before showed some typical symptoms of the new mutation, and is highly suspicious that the person may have been infected.
The new mutant infection confirmed in Belgium is an unvaccinated person who first tested positive for COVID-19 on the 22nd.
A young adult woman, who traveled to Egypt via Turkey and returned on the 11th of this month, was confirmed with flu-like symptoms, Reuters reported, citing local research institutes.