BY ADRIAN MWANZA ZAMBIA has recorded its first three cases of SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant from samples from individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one week.Minister of Health, Sylvia Masebo said the cases were detected through the genomic sequencing laboratory at the University of Zambia.Ms Masebo said the three detected cases include two males who were fully vaccinated and have a history of international travel, and an out-patient female of COVID-19 but not yet vaccinated.The Minister added that two cases were displaying mild flu like symptoms while one case was asymptomatic but that all are in isolation.She noted that information on the symptoms of the new variant are still unclear but that there may be an increased risk of reinfection with Omicron as compared to other variants of concern.She said the second was a man of Chibombo District with a history of recent international travel, also fully vaccinated against COVID-19, who was currently asymptomatic […]
3 Zambians test positive to Omicron
