"This is a 51-year-old man who returned from South Africa on November 28 with a stopover in Amsterdam," reported the Health Department of the Madrid region.
"The positive was detected by a screening with antigen test at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport," added the counseling, specifying that the patient "is with mild symptoms and in isolation while keeping quarantine."

Many countries have already detected cases linked to this variant, from the United Kingdom to Germany, through Canada, the Netherlands and Israel.
And the list continues to grow, with infections in Portugal, Austria and Scotland reported this Monday.

Several countries around the world have reacted to the omicron variant by closing their borders, despite the fact that the strain has already reached Europe, Asia and North America.

The new omicron variant of the coronavirus presents "a very high risk" for the world, the World Health Organization (O.M.S) warned this Monday.
Ómicron was identified for the first time last week in South Africa, and Spain established as of Monday a mandatory ten-day quarantine for travelers on flights from that and six other African countries, a measure that will last at least two weeks.

The news coincides with a sudden increase in cases in Spain, despite an enviable vaccination rate and widespread use of masks, for which several regions have reacted by demanding proof of immunization, the well-known covid passport, to access some public places.

Spain has registered almost 88,000 deaths and 5.1 million cases since the start of the pandemic.