First three cases of omicron-strain COVID-19 recorded in Egypt

It is noted that positive PCR tests for the omicron variant of the coronavirus were found in citizens returning from abroad at the Cairo International Airport.

"They are isolated, all precautions have been taken," the message says.

Earlier, the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a new variant of the omicron coronavirus has now been identified in 77 countries.

RAS Corresponding Member Sergei Netesov, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the omicron coronavirus strain.