The municipality of Aparecida de Goiânia, in Goiás, identified two cases of the variant Omicron.
The information was confirmed by the mayor of the city, Gustavo Mendanha, in a video published in the Instagram.
The two people had contact with a missionary couple from Luanda, the capital of Angola.
The Angolans landed in Guarulhos on December 3rd and stayed in the city of Goiás until the 5th. However, the test presented at the landing showed a negative result for Sars-CoV-2.
Cases were identified in two women, one 46 and one 20 years old, who tested positive for Covid-19 on December 8th and 9th.
After the result, the city’s Health Department decided to carry out the genetic sequencing and discovered that it was the B.1.1.529 virus.
The mayor says the patients’ symptoms are mild, but he urges people to get the vaccine.
A CNN contacted the State Health Department of Goiás and is awaiting a response.
Ômicron no Brazil
According to the survey of CNN Agency, Brazil had, until Saturday (11), eight cases of the Ômicron variant of coronavirus. In addition to São Paulo, the Federal District and Rio Grande do Sul confirmed two cases each.
Reference: CNN Brasil
