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Dutch find 61 COVID cases among South Africa passengers, looking for new variant

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Reuters

By Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch health authorities said on Saturday they had detected 61 COVID-19 cases among people who flew from South Africa on Friday and were now conducting further testing to see whether any are infected with the recently discovered Omicron variant. The cases were discovered among around 600 passengers who arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on two flights on Friday before the Dutch government halted air traffic from southern Africa due to concerns over the variant. The passengers from the flights were kept separated from other travelle…

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