(Bloomberg) — Cuba’s Health Ministry said it detected its first case of the Covid-19 omicron variant in a health worker returning from Mozambique.
In a statement Wednesday, the agency said the man was part of Cuba’s international health outreach program and returned from Africa Nov. 27. The following day he developed a sore throat and fever and was isolated in a hospital.
While the patient has since been released and is no longer contagious, the ministry was only able to confirm that it was the variant on Wednesday.
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The man had contact with 16 other people, all of whom have tested negative for the coronavirus, the government said.
Cuba has used two home-grown vaccines, Abdala and Soberana, to inoculate more than 70% of its population.
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