After the first finding – another suspected omicron mutation in Lower Austria

After the first Omikron case in Lower Austria was confirmed on Tuesday evening, further information about the case was announced on Wednesday. The “Krone” knows all the details.

The asylum seeker from South Africa who has been the first Omikron case in Lower Austria since Tuesday is 21 years old. As the “Krone” learned from the state medical staff, the man has not been vaccinated and is currently not complaining of any symptoms. Five other positive cases are directly related to the findings, “Sequencing was initiated”, reveal the authorities. In addition, according to the Lower Austrian medical staff, there is now another “specific suspected case” of the variant, but its sequencing is still pending. First test was negative His first PCR test on November 18th was negative. The infection was only discovered because – as reported – last weekend the federal government ordered (in this case renewed) testing of all immigrants from South Africa. “With the arrival of the result on November 27th,” the Lower Austria medical staff said, the asylum seeker was segregated.
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