Indonesia's Medan on high alert after probable Omicron case detected


A plane waits at Kualanamu International Airport terminal in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. Authorities in Medan are on high alert after a probable case of the Covid-19 Omicron variant was flagged in the airport, linked to a 60-year-old male member of an international airline cargo crew. - The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Jan 9 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The Medan administration is on high alert after it detected a probable case of the highly transmissible Covid-19 Omicron variant, linked to a man from the United Kingdom who was part of an international airline cargo crew that transited in the North Sumatran city.

The 60-year-old foreigner, identified as JIA, is currently under isolation in Royal Prima Hospital in Medan.

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