At Least 17 Suspected Omicron Cases After Oslo Party
Faizan Hashmi Published December 03, 2021 | 03:40 PM
At least 17 people who came down with Covid-19 after a Christmas party gathering over 100 guests in Oslo last week are suspected of having the Omicron variant, city officials said on Friday
Oslo, Dec 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Dec, 2021 ) :At least 17 people who came down with Covid-19 after a Christmas party gathering over 100 guests in Oslo last week are suspected of having the Omicron variant, city officials said on Friday.
The number is likely to grow as sequencing is carried out on other positive tests from party-goers.
"So far 60 people have tested positive (for Covid) with PCR tests, and four with antigen tests," the city of Oslo said in a statement.
"Seventeen are probably Omicron, but that has yet to be confirmed. So far, one case is confirmed to be Omicron after sequencing," it said.
Between 100 and 120 people -- all of whom were vaccinated, including one who had recently travelled to southern Africa -- had gathered last Friday for a Christmas party organised by their employer.
"All of them had been vaccinated, none of them had symptoms and they had all done self-tests" before attending the dinner, city health official Tine Ravlo told AFP.
"Everything was done in line with regulations and no rules were broken," she said.
All of those who have tested positive have so far only had mild symptoms, such as headaches, sore throats and coughs, Ravlo said.
The Omicron suspicions arose after screening was conducted on some of the tests, which have not all been fully analysed through sequencing yet.
That means the number of confirmed cases could grow. Further results were expected sometime Friday.
On Thursday, after fears of the suspected cluster emerged, the Norwegian government announced a slew of restrictions in greater Oslo which entered into force at midnight.
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