{"id":34080,"date":"2021-12-01T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=34080"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T10:01:23","slug":"the-first-case-of-the-omicron-covid-19-variant-has-been-detected-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/the-first-case-of-the-omicron-covid-19-variant-has-been-detected-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Case Of The Omicron COVID-19 Variant Has Been Detected In Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia confirmed its first incidence of the COVID-19 omicron variant on a passenger arriving from a North African nation on Wednesday. The traveler, a Saudi national, and those with whom he came into contact have been segregated reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1978791\/saudi-arabia\">local press.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>This isn\u2019t just the first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant in Saudi Arabia but it\u2019s the first reported one in the entire Middle East and North African region.<\/h2>\n<p>The ministry while ramping up measures to tackle the omicron variant has encouraged all residents to complete their vaccinations. They&#8217;ve announced a press conference for 3:35 PM today with all the latest developments on this case.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0645\u0624\u062a\u0645\u0631 \u0635\u062d\u0641\u064a\u2069 \u2066\u0627\u0633\u062a\u062b\u0646\u0627\u0626\u064a \u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u062c\u062f\u0627\u062a\u2069 \u2066\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0633\u2069 \u0643\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627\u2069\u2069 (\u2066\u0643\u0648\u0641\u064a\u062f-19\u2069) \u2066\u0628\u062e\u0635\u0648\u0635 \u0645\u062a\u062d\u0648\u0631 (\u0623\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0643\u0631\u0648\u0646) \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0628\u0639\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0641\u0642 1 \u062f\u064a\u0633\u0645\u0628\u0631 2021\u0639\u0646\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629 3:35 \u0639\u0635\u0631\u0627\u064b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b4qeGpvCYB\">pic.twitter.com\/b4qeGpvCYB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 (@SaudiMOH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiMOH\/status\/1465960289380229122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOn Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the extensively mutated omicron coronavirus strain was likely to spread internationally, posing a very high risk of infection surges with &#8220;serious repercussions&#8221; in some areas.<\/p>\n<h2>So far three countries, Japan, Israel and Morocco, have completely closed their borders for international travel.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia confirmed its first incidence of the COVID-19 omicron variant on a passenger arriving from a North African nation on Wednesday. The traveler, a Saudi national, and those with whom he came into contact have been segregated reports the local press. 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