Egypt has confirmed on Saturday the first three cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in the country.
Three Egyptians tested positive for the Omicron strain upon return from overseas, the health ministry said, without specifying where they had traveled from.
Of the three confirmed cases, one is exhibiting mild symptoms, while the others show none, the ministry added.
Egypt has officially recorded 373,509 coronavirus cases, including 21,277 deaths, since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The country has accelerated its national vaccination campaign in the past weeks, following an initial lag.
With a total of 47,838,944 vaccine doses administered, Egypt has fully vaccinated about 23.8% of its population, according to the latest update of Reuters’ Covid-19 tracker.
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