Health Ministry confirms 9 Omicron variant cases – 17 suspected

The Ministry of Health confirmed on December 24 a total of nine cases of coronavirus with the omicron variant, of which six are new cases while announcing 17 suspected cases are under genomic analysis by the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies.

Of the total of confirmed cases with the Omicron variant, seven are male and two female, between the ages of 24 and 50 years.

The cases belong to the Health regions of Coclé, San Miguelito and Panama Metro. The cases are from the townships of Río Hato in Coclé; Amelia Denis De Icaza and Rufina Alfaro in San Miguelito and Ancón, Betania, Don Bosco and San Francisco in the capital.

Those infected with this variant have a travel history to South Africa, Colombia, Spain, the United States, and Puerto Rico. There is only one with no foreign travel history

All those infected with the new variant have two doses against Covid-19.

Those detected with the variant are in isolation and epidemiological surveillance, in addition to the traceability of their contacts.