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The new Covid variant has been reported in a patient in Elche in Alicante province
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in the Valencian Community on Tuesday December 14. The infection was discovered in a patient attending the hospital in Elche, Alicante who is reported to be suffering only from mild symptoms.
So far, Spain has registered 36 cases of the new strain, which is believed to have originated in South Africa, 17 of which were detected in travellers or their close contacts, while 19 are from community transmission.
Earlier this week the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) confirmed that Omicron has now spread to 23 countries and although the first reported cases were related to travel from southern African countries, "an increasing number" of infections are being acquired within Europe.
In addition, the ECDC has warned that "there could be an undetected community transmission in the EU / EEA" of Omicron, since Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Iceland have already reported positives in people who did not travel to risk countries.
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