Hamilton well being officers are confirming the town’s first case of the Omicron variant.
On Monday, Hamilton Public Well being Providers (HPHS) introduced that there have been two suspected circumstances of the Omicron variant after two people examined constructive for COVID-19 following a visit to South Africa.
On Saturday morning, Public Well being Ontario confirmed that a type of people examined constructive for the variant, which was first found in southern Africa final week.
This marks Ontario’s twelfth confirmed case of the Omicron variant.
“The outcome for the second case underneath investigation is within the means of being sequenced and anticipated within the coming days,” HPHS stated in a press launch.
The 2 people and their shut contacts are self-isolating and HPHS is conducting case and speak to administration.
“It’s vital for the neighborhood to stay calm and believe that each one ranges of presidency will observe the science because it pertains to the Omicron variant,” Dr. Ninh Tran, Hamilton’s affiliate medical officer of well being, stated in a press release.
“Hamilton Public Well being Providers stays dedicated to preserving the neighborhood up to date within the coming days and weeks as we be taught extra in regards to the Omicron variant,” he added.
All public well being models in Ontario have been directed to handle confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 who travelled internationally previously 14 days as a affected person underneath investigation for Omicron.
Yesterday, Toronto confirmed its first three circumstances of the Omicron variant present in two people who returned from a visit to Nigeria and the opposite who travelled to Switzerland.
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