Omicron variant confirmed in Slovenia

Ljubljana, 14 December - Slovenia has joined the list of countries in which the highly infectious Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2 has been confirmed, Prime Minister Janez Janša announced during questions time in parliament on Tuesday. He said a cluster of infections with the variant had been detected in Ljubljana.

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The new variant of novel coronavirus, Omicron, confirmed in Slovenia.
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