Bahrain reports first case of omicron

Volunteer medics screen for covid-19 in the Bahraini capital Manama on August 18, 2021. (File/AFP)
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Bahrain reported on Saturday its first case of omicron, the new mutated version of COVID-19, according to state news agency BNA. 

The person infected with omicron was traveling from abroad, the health ministry said without mentioning which country they traveled from. 

The ministry said it found no contact cases after carrying out a follow-up process.