Chandigarh [India], December 12 (ANI): Chandigarh reported its first case of Omicron after swab samples of a fully vaccinated 20-year-old male passenger from Italy, who had tested COVID-19 positive on December 1, revealed the presence of the new variant of the novel coronavirus.
Cairo [Bahrain], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The first case of the Omicron coronavirus strain was detected in Bahrain, the ministry of health said on Saturday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 11 (ANI): Bangladesh has detected its first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, said the country's Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday.
Sindh [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Hours after Pakistani media reported the country's first case of Omicron variant of coronavirus, the country's health authorities said that no case of the new variant has been detected as of yet.
Havana [Cuba], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Cuban state news agency ACN reported on Wednesday night.
Male [Maldives], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Maldives has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, local media reported Tuesday.
Tokyo [Japan] December 7 (ANI): Japan reported its first case of a Japanese national infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the third case in the country on Monday, reported Kyodo News.
Santiago [Chile], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile reported on Saturday its first case of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after confirming that the case was discovered in a person entering the country from Ghana on November 25.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 4 (ANI): Following the discovery of the first case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Gujarat's Jamnagar, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reviewed the readiness of the state health system against this new variant at a high-level meeting, informed