3 Dec: ITV UK: Covid: 12 of England’s 22 Omicron cases are double vaccinated people
Half of England’s cases of the new Covid Omicron variant are people who have been double vaccinated - although most had been jabbed within the previous 28 days.
New analysis from the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) of Omicron cases in England by November 30 shows that 12 of the 22 cases occurred in people who were double jabbed more than 14 days ago.
It also shows that ETC
None of the cases are known to have been hospitalised or died, but the HSA said that “most of the cases have a specimen date that is very recent and that there is a lag between onset of infection and hospitalisation and death.”...
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-12-03/covid-half-of-englands-omicron-cases-are-double-vaccinated-people
another update...drip, drip...Reuters now stating some were from Europe!
3 Dec: CTV Canada: Reuters: Foreign diplomats travelling from Europe were among first known Omicron cases: Botswana president
Reporting by Brian Benza; Writing by James Macharia Chege; Editing by Frances Kerry
GABORONE — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi said some of the four diplomats who first tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country had come from Europe, calling for a reversal of widespread travel bans imposed against southern African countries...
“The diplomats came from a number of countries ... and they passed through a number of countries to get to Botswana.”
He declined to disclose their nationalities, only saying “some had been to Europe and some had been elsewhere.” Asked if some had come from Europe into Botswana, he replied “indeed.”...
Presidential spokesman Batlhalefi Leagajang told Reuters on Friday that Masisi will not disclose the countries the diplomats passed through, or their countries of origin, because “the virus should never be geo-politicized.”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/foreign-diplomats-travelling-from-europe-were-among-first-known-omicron-cases-botswana-president-1.5692519