Switzerland, 2 Additional Omicron Cases Confirmed, About 2,000 Quarantined
On the 30th of last month (local time), activists held a protest in Geneva, Switzerland, urging for the waiver of intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines.
Thousands of people were quarantined after additional cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron were confirmed at an international school in Switzerland.
According to the local public broadcaster SRF on the 3rd (local time), two Omicron variant infections were recently confirmed at the 'Geneva International School - Ch?tenay Campus' located in the southern Vaud canton.
The school is situated very close to both Vaud canton and the neighboring Geneva canton.
As a result, the two cantons decided to quarantine about 2,000 students and staff members and required those involved to undergo polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.
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Earlier, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health announced on the 30th of last month that the first case of Omicron variant infection had been reported in the country. Since then, additional infections have occurred, bringing the total confirmed cases to five so far.
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