Concerns for the new variant are rising in India as well, but no confirmed case has been reported so far. These are the five countries where the highest number of Omicron cases have been reported ...

NAHA--Prefectural authorities in Okinawa announced the first known case of a local resident confirmed infected with the Omicron variant ... and the total number of cases came to 99.

However, the total number Omicron cases remains unclear ... without specifying the case count. He did not say whether the variant had been found locally or among travellers from overseas.

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TASS/. The number of Russian regions that have recorded Omicron coronavirus cases rose from 74 to 78 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said in a statement on Saturday.