Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

A large monitor on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area shows on Nov. 30, 2021, news that Japan has confirmed its first case of infection by the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus less than a week after it was first discovered in South Africa. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the heavily mutated strain after arriving from Namibia at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 28.

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