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Hungary detects first two cases of Omicron coronavirus variant -state tv – Metro US

Hungary detects first two cases of Omicron coronavirus variant -state tv

FILE PHOTO: A nurse gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech
FILE PHOTO: A nurse gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to a patient at the Bethesda Children’s Hospital in Budapest

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has detected two cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, its first cases since the variant was discovered, Surgeon General Cecilia Muller said on state television channel M1 on Monday.

Muller also said that most new COVID-19 infections were still caused by the Delta variant in Hungary.

(Reporting by Anita Komuves; editing by Philippa Fletcher)