“The Ministry of Health has announced that it has registered the first infection with the omicron strain,” the agency said on Twitter.
الصحة تعلن تسجيل أول إصابة بالمتحور # أوميكرون لسيدة إفريقية قادمة من دولة أفريقية مروراً بدولة عربية.
- وكالة أنباء الإمارات (@wamnews) December 1, 2021
It is noted that the disease was diagnosed in an African woman who came to the UAE from Africa through one of the Arab states.
Earlier it was reported that the United States recorded the first case of the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain.