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COVID-19: First Omicron variant case confirmed in London-Middlesex

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COVID-19 variant in the region.It comes a day after the health unit reported a large cluster of positive COVID-19 cases linked to two individuals who had arrived in London, Ont., from Nigeria in late November.Two people associated with the cluster later screened positive for “S gene target failure,” a marker for the Omicron variant, health officials said.On Tuesday, the health unit announced that genomic sequencing on one of the cluster cases was confirmed to involve the new Omicron variant.As of Tuesday afternoon, the health unit says the number of cases associated with the COVID-19 cluster is at least 40, with 171 high-risk close contacts.It remains to be seen whether all 40 cases are confirmed to involve the Omicron variant, however, the.

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