Vietnam confirms first Omicron infection

A health worker collects coronavirus test samples from a passenger at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy

A person arriving in Hanoi from the U.K. has been confirmed as Vietnam's first Covid-19 case with the Omicron variant, the Health Ministry announced Tuesday.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said the person arrived nine days earlier and is now quarantined at the 108 Military Hospital.

"The health ministry has informed about the case to the government," Son said.

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