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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5088761" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/12/01/nations-in-europe-africa-admit-they-had-omicron-cases-before-south-africa/[/URL]The government of Nigeria <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigeria-detects-case-omicron-variant-october-81486083" target="_blank">revealed</a> on Wednesday that it had found the Omicron variant in a test sample from a Chinese coronavirus patient taken in October.The governments of Belgium and Germany also <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/omicron-variant-covid-in-europe-netherlands-before-alert-raised/" target="_blank">indicated</a> this week that they believe Omicron was spreading there prior to the alarm sounded in South Africa.South African officials have insisted that Omicron is not a South African variant and that scientists documenting its presence there is indicative of South Africa boasting an effective pandemic response. The first documented cases of Omicron variant infections reportedly originated in Botswana, but the government of that country has asserted that the people who tested positive for Omicron there were foreign diplomats. They refused to identify the countries the diplomats came from, citing concerns that they, too, would suffer negative political consequences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5088761, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/12/01/nations-in-europe-africa-admit-they-had-omicron-cases-before-south-africa/[/URL] The government of Nigeria [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigeria-detects-case-omicron-variant-october-81486083']revealed[/URL] on Wednesday that it had found the Omicron variant in a test sample from a Chinese coronavirus patient taken in October. The governments of Belgium and Germany also [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/omicron-variant-covid-in-europe-netherlands-before-alert-raised/']indicated[/URL] this week that they believe Omicron was spreading there prior to the alarm sounded in South Africa. South African officials have insisted that Omicron is not a South African variant and that scientists documenting its presence there is indicative of South Africa boasting an effective pandemic response. The first documented cases of Omicron variant infections reportedly originated in Botswana, but the government of that country has asserted that the people who tested positive for Omicron there were foreign diplomats. They refused to identify the countries the diplomats came from, citing concerns that they, too, would suffer negative political consequences. [/QUOTE]

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