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Palestinians report first cases of Omicron COVID variant
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Palestinians receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the West Bank city of Hebron, on March 27, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
The Palestinian Health Ministry reports its first cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Three instances of the worrying new variant have been diagnosed in the West Bank, according to the ministry.
At least 89 cases of Omicron have been confirmed in Israel, many in those who recently returned from abroad. Earlier today, a Knesset security guard was confirmed to have the variant, sending many staffers and one MK into quarantine.
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