The new coronavirus variant Omicron has been detected in 13 people who arrived in the Dutch capital Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa. #Netherland #Omicron #bbcnews #CNN

"The Netherlands' National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said in a statement that the variant had been detected through the sequencing of 61 positive Covid-19 samples that were obtained at the airport on Friday. 

The institute added that the sequencing work "had not been entirely completed" and that it was "possible that the new variant will be found in more test samples." Those who tested positive were sent to isolation, the authorities said." 

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