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People wearing look masks to support against the dispersed of the coronavirus locomotion on a thoroughfare successful Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

TOKYO – Japan confirmed connected Tuesday its archetypal lawsuit of the caller omicron coronavirus variant, a visitant who precocious arrived from Namibia, an authoritative said.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the patient, a antheral successful his 30s, tested affirmative upon accomplishment astatine an airdrome connected Sunday and was isolated and is being treated astatine a hospital.

A genome investigation confirmed Tuesday that helium was infected with the caller variant, which was archetypal identified successful South Africa.

Japan announced connected Monday that it volition prohibition each overseas visitors opening Tuesday arsenic an exigency precaution against the variant.

The World Health Organization warned Monday that the planetary hazard from the omicron variant is “very high” based connected the aboriginal evidence, saying it could pb to surges with “severe consequences.”

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