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The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPDC) has received information from “E. Swan Laboratories ”for two samples with multiple mutations corresponding to the Covid-19 omicron, however, final approval will be provided by the National Reference Laboratory for Microbiology once the samples have been laboratory sequenced.
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The SPC launched an epidemiological inquiry into the two cases this morning. It has been established that these are two people aged 30 to 49 who returned to Latvia on December 4 from a major international event in Halmstad, Sweden, on an AirBaltic flight “BT132” Copenhagen-Riga and passed the test at the airport.
As before, the SPKC has requested passenger lists for the flight in order to identify close contacts, informs the SPKC. At the same time, SPKC also urges other passengers on the flight to closely monitor their well-being and health. The epidemiological investigation is ongoing, with contacts being identified and home quarantine strictly recommended.
SPKC invites passengers who returned to Latvia on the said trip on December 4 to observe their health and perform a laboratory test on the seventh day.
Alise Bethere, an airBaltic spokeswoman, told LETA that there were 135 passengers and six crew members on the BT132 ″ Copenhagen-Riga flight.
The SPKC has informed the Member States of the European Union, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization of two possible cases of the omicron variant related to a major international event in Sweden through the Early Warning and Response System.
According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been reported in 17 European countries. Among them, Austria, where 11 cases were detected, Belgium, with nine cases. In the Czech Republic, Greece and Ireland, one case was reported, in Denmark 18, in Finland seven, in France 16 and in Germany 15. Among these countries are Iceland, which reported seven cases, Italy with nine, and the Netherlands with 18 cases. There are 19 reported cases of omicron in Norway, 34 in Portugal, two in Romania and seven in Spain and Sweden.
According to the SPKC, most of those affected have traveled to Africa, with some connecting flights between Africa and Europe.
In Belgium, Germany and Spain, cases without an epidemiological link to risk areas have been identified, suggesting that undetected prevalence in the public may continue in these countries. Finland reported cases related to travel to Sweden.
It has already been reported that the E.Gulbs Laboratory has identified two patients infected with the Covid-19 omicron strain on Sunday. Samples of saliva were handed over at the airport “Riga” on Saturday.
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