Australia confirms its first cases of Omicron coronavirus variant

Australia confirmed its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant Sunday as the state of New South Wales reported two cases of the new COVID-19 strain detected in South Africa.The state government said it had confirmed that two travelers who arrived in Sydney on Saturday from southern Africa were infected with the variant.The travelers were both vaccinated and had no symptoms, the state government said.After departing southern Africa, they took a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, arriving in Sydney on Saturday evening.Both tested positive for COVID-19 late that night before genome sequen…READ FULL ARTICLE