The Netherlands announced on Tuesday that the new variant was registered in two tests from respectively 19 and 23 November. Before that, it was believed that Omicron came to the country with two flights from South Africa on November 26. Then, 61 travelers were confirmed positive for corona, and 14 of them were confirmed infected with the Omicron variant, subsequent tests have shown.
Holland upplýsti týsdagin, at nýggja frábrigdið varð skrásett í tveimum kanningum frá ávikavíst 19. og 23. november. Áðrenn tað varð hildið, at Omikron kom til landið við tveimum flogførum úr Suðurafrika 26. november. Tá vórðu 61 ferðafólk staðfest positiv fyri koronu, og 14 teirra vórðu staðfest smittað við Omikron-frábrigdinum, hava kanningar síðani víst.