Bhutan reports first cases of Omicron coronavirus variant

Syringes with needles are seen in entrance of a displayed inventory graph and phrases “Omicron SARS-CoV-2” on this illustration taken, Nov. 27, 2021. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)

KATHMANDU — Bhutan has reported its first 14 instances of Omicron coronavirus variant, a well being official stated on Friday, amid a surge of the pandemic within the Himalayan kingdom that has thus far been comparatively profitable at conserving the illness at bay.

Sonam Wangchuk, chief of the Royal Centre for Illness Management (RCDC), stated all instances have been samples collected from quarantine services the place vacationers from overseas keep.

“Now we have not detected any case of Omicron locally but,” Wangchuk instructed Reuters from Thimphu.

The nation of about 750,000 folks has vaccinated greater than 93% of individuals aged over 12 with a second vaccine dose and supplied booster pictures to greater than 98% of the precedence group – frontline employees, folks with medical circumstances, and aged folks, officers stated.

Nestled between China and India, Bhutan has been in a position to gradual the unfold of the virus via measures corresponding to early screening and monitoring at entry factors, testing, and sealing its borders, most of that are nonetheless in pressure.

Bhutan has introduced simply three deaths linked to COVID-19 and a pair of,873 infections because the pandemic began.

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