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Here’s a list of countries with confirmed cases of the Omicron variant, in addition to those in southern Africa placed on the UK’s red list last week: the Netherlands (13 confirmed as of 7am), UK (3), Germany (3), France (unclear), Denmark, Czech Republic, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Canada, Australia, China (Hong Kong).
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