The Ministry of Health confirms two additional cases of the COVID-19 Omicron Variant of Concern.
Trinidad and Tobago now has confirmed 17 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
One of the cases had a history of recent travel. The patient returned to Trinidad from New York.
The second patient had no recent history of travel. This case is under epidemiological investigation.
As a result of their positive COVID-19 results, both patients have been isolated.
The Ministry has said that patients will remain in isolation until they meet the enhanced discharge criteria for persons with COVID-19 Variants of Concern.
Additionally, contacts of the positive Omicron COVID-19 cases have been quarantined.
The presence of the Omicron variants were confirmed via gene sequencing at the laboratory of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies.
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