Sri Lanka today detected its first infection of the newly detected Covid variant, ‘Omicron’, the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) announced today.
The Bureau said a Sri Lankan National who had returned from South Africa has been confirmed to have contracted the Omicron variant.
The new Covid variant was first detected in South Africa, following which several countries, including Sri Lanka, issued travel bans on visitors from a number of African countries.
The travel ban was issued as a precautionary measure as over 30 countries have now detected the variant.
courtesy NewsWire
