A corporate Christmas party in Norway turned into an Omicron 'super spreader event,' with up to 60 people possibly infected, officials say.
A student at Holtet high school in Oslo receives the first dose of Pfizer vaccine against covid-19 in the school's auditorium on September 7, 2021.In Norway, a Christmas party turned into an Omicron "super spreader event," with up to 60 possible infections.
"This party has been a super spreader event," Preben Aavitsland, a senior physician at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, told"Our working hypothesis is that at least half of the 120 participants were infected with the Omicron variant during the party. This makes this, for now, the largest Omicron outbreak outside South Africa."
At least one person who attended the party had recently returned from South Africa, according to multiple reports.Fifty people who attended the party had positive PCR tests for coronavirus, while another ten have tested positive on lateral flow tests, according to the Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.
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Omicron outbreak at Norway Christmas party is biggest outside S. Africa -authoritiesAt least 13 people in Oslo have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus following a corporate Christmas party described as a 'super spreader event', and their numbers could rise to over 60 cases, authorities said on Friday. The outbreak took place at a Christmas party on Nov. 26 organised by renewable energy company Scatec, which has operations in South Africa where the variant was first detected. 'This party has been a super spreader event,' Preben Aavitsland, a senior physician at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, told Reuters by email.
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