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Kuwait detects first case of omicron variant

Kuwait's announcement follows the detection of cases in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
This picture taken on Oct. 9, 2021, shows a view of a phone displaying the Kuwaiti Health Ministry's registration page for a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine booster.

Kuwait reported its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Wednesday, becoming the latest Gulf state to detect the potentially more contagious strain, state news agency KUNA reported.

Citing a Health Ministry spokesperson, KUNA reported the infection was detected in a traveler arriving in Kuwait from an African country. The traveler, who had received both vaccine doses, is now quarantined.

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