BEIRUT, Dec 10 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Health Ministry said yesterday that, it has detected the first two cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, when passengers were tested, upon arrival at the Beirut airport.
“Two cases detected in airport testing were confirmed to be the Omicron variant,” Health Minister, Firas Abiad, said at a press conference.
The two passengers arrived in Lebanon from the African continent, and had been placed in quarantine, he added.
Lebanon reported on Wednesday, 1,994 new cases, and the total number of infections in the country reached 683,326, while death toll from the virus went up by nine cases to 8,804.
Lebanon has been fighting against the pandemic since Feb 21, 2020.– NNN-NNA
