The Maldives has confirmed its first case of the new #Omicron variant of the #Coronavirus and South African President has termed the "fourth wav"of COVID infections as "inevitable". 100 internationa returnees are missing in Maharashtra out of a total 295 arrivals, while a German national in Madhya Pradesh has been found = #Corona positive, and his samples and those of 50 others in his contact will be sent for genome sequencing to determine if it is a case of the #Omicron variant. India's total #Omicron case count has reached 23 by now, even as the world and experts wait for more information about this variant to be discovered and confirmed.

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