The Netherlands isolated 61 passengers from South Africa by Covid-19 diagnosis. Travelers who tested positive for the disease will be isolated in a hotel near Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Dutch health authority said.
The Dutch government has yet to say whether any of the isolated passengers are infected by the new variant of the coronavirus, omicron, which prompted the country to suspend flights from southern Africa on Friday (26). Samples collected from passengers infected with Covid-19 were sent to a university hospital near the airport for genetic analysis, the website said. 360 power.
Before boarding in South Africa, all passengers had a negative test done up to 24 hours before flights. A note released by the Dutch health authority says the government is conducting “as soon as possible” research to identify whether those infected “are of the omicron variant, the “new strain of concern”.
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