Gaza: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Sunday it has identified the first case of the Omicron Coronavirus variant in the Gaza Strip.
Carrier is an infected Gaza resident in the coastal area, Majdi Dhair’s official service told a press conference.
Dhair said this meant a variant, first identified in South Africa and Hong Kong last month, there was in Gaza and now spread between the population.
This discovery is a new challenge for the health system that is less developed Enklave.
“We are in front of difficult days.
It is hoped that the Omicron variant will spread quickly,” he told reporters.
Gaza, with a population of 2.2 million people, has registered 189,837 Covid-19 infections and 1,691 deaths.
Dhair urged Gaza to get vaccinations, put the percentage of those who had received a shot of around 40%.
In the West Bank occupied by Israel, three cases of omicron variants have been detected among Palestinians on December 16 and the number since 23 among 3.1 million populations, Palestinian health authorities said.