Portugal finds 13 cases of Omicron variant at Lisbon soccer club

[muriel_volestrangler]

Portugal detected 13 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Monday, all involving players and staff members of Lisbon soccer club Belenenses SAD, after one player recently returned from South Africa, health authority DGS said.

The new variant, which according to the World Health Organisation is likely to "spread internationally", was found after Belenenses played a Primeira Liga match against Benfica on Saturday.

The game started with only nine Belenenses players on the pitch because the rest of their squad were isolating and only seven returned to the field after halftime. The match was abandoned two minutes into the second half with Benfica leading 7-0.
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Belenenses defender Cafu Phete tested positive for COVID-19 after returning last week from international duty in South Africa.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/portugal-detects-13-cases-omicron-covid-19-variant-2021-11-29/

That's quite the super-spreader.

[DFW]

1. Lockdown or no, it'll be all over here (Europe) within weeks

If not sooner.

[ananda]

2. It's in Canada and likely in the USA also.

It is very highly contagious.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. So far only in 2 travellers to Canada from southern Africa. . . . nt

[Haggard Celine]

3. It'll probably be everywhere by Christmas.

Happy Holidays, everybody!

[malaise]

5. They cancelled the qualifiers for the ICC women's World Cup

(in Zimbabwe) because someone in the Sri Lankan camp tested positive before the match against the West Indies.

All these games being played in big and small stadia across the planet are merely spreading Covid.

[Throck]

6. Let the super spreader events begin.

The maroooons in my building are already planning their Christmas parties, including buffet........