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Omicron variant confirmed in Slovenia

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SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus variant omicron B.1.1.529. Microscopic view of infectious virus cells. (Photo: Shutterstock / Crocothery)

By: P.T., STA

The highly infectious Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2 has been confirmed in Slovenia with PM Janez Janša announcing the news in parliament before Miroslav Petrovec, the head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, told reporters the new variant was confirmed in four samples, all of them from Ljubljana.

One of the persons had already had Covid last year. The samples are from the period between 29 November and 6 December.

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