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https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-13-omicron-coronavirus-cases-football-club-belenenses/Thirteen cases of the new Omicron Coronavirus variant have been found among players of Portugal’s top-flight football club Belenenses SAD, according to initial results from the country's national health institute (INSA).
One of the players has recently returned from South Africa, where the new strain was discovered last week, the institute said.
“Preliminary tests carried out at INSA, strongly suggest that all 13 cases associated with players of Belenenses SAD are linked to the variant of concern Omicron,” the institute said in a statement sent to Portuguese media.
INSA also noted that tests carried out on 218 passengers who arrived in Lisbon from Mozambique on Saturday detected two cases of COVID-19. One was of the Delta variant and the other was not possible to identify, the institute said.