BBCNEWS Newsday December 1, 2021 00:04:00
Confirmed that omicron was in the country by the 19th of november. that's before the flight from southern africa linked to an outbreak. one of the two had been through southern africa, the other had not. this means that this - person most likely ended up in the netherlands. the size of the chain of- transmission is not known yet. while vaccine efficacy against omicron is being questioned, experts believe the tests used to detect it will still identify infections from the new strain. but only laboratory analysis can confirm that omicron is present, meaning the true scale of the spread and how s...