Tehran: Iran has detected the first case of the Omicron Coronavirus variant, Deputy Minister of Health Kamal Heidari told the State television week.
An Iranian man from Tehran has been tested positive after returning from the United Arab Emirates.
“We detected him very quickly and immediately quarantined him and contact cases,” Heidari said.
Emergency meetings have been held to discuss ways to stop the spread of variants, including proposals for a while the school.
Iran, the worst rushed country in the Middle East during the Coronavirus pandemic, has recorded 130,000 deaths.
Scientists remain uncertain how dangerous omicron variants are very mutated.
But the initial data shows it can be more resistant to vaccines and more transmitting than Delta variants.