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Re:Omicron Update: Nov 27 by rocqua on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:34AM (#29369189)
Note: that source states 13 of those 61 people are confirmed to have the Omikron variant.
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Re:Omicron Update: Nov 27 by contravariant on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:47AM (#29369788)
And for completeness, the sequencing hasn't finished yet so that number may still rise.

Primary source for all figures mentioned so far: https://www.rivm.nl/nieuws/coronavariant-omikron-tot-nu-toe-...

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Re:Omicron Update: Nov 27 by GenerocUsername on Sunday November 28, 2021 @02:01PM (#29371758)
So 50 others were flying presumably infected with standard or unknown variants, but since they are vaccinated it would have gone unchecked?
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Re:Omicron Update: Nov 27 by xanaxagoras on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:00PM (#29370519)
How, is there a new test for Omicron variant? And is it available in the US?
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Re:Omicron Update: Nov 27 by _djo_ on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:11PM (#29370625)
No, it’s confirmed via sequencing. But the Omicron variant has a qPCR dropout like Alpha had, so you can identify likely cases from PCR tests and then use sequencing to verify.
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