On Friday night, it became clear that 61 of the 600 passengers from South Africa tested positive. It is not known if they are infected with the new omicron variant.
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Friday morning landed two planes from South Africa at Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands. That same morning, the Dutch authorities imposed a flight ban on all flights from southern Africa.
The passengers had to wait for several hours on getting off the plane. The Dutch health authorities wanted to test all passengers.
On Friday night, it became clear that 61 of the 600 passengers tested positive, the newspaper writes General newspaper.
It is not known if they are infected with the new omicron variant, but the Dutch health authorities are analyzing the samples to find out.
People who have tested positive are required to isolate themselves in a quarantine hotel for at least seven days in case of symptoms, and five days if they have no symptoms.
Those who test negative must be in home quarantine for five days and test again on day five.
–One plane landed from Cape Town at 10.30 and the other from Johannesburg at 11. The passengers in the two planes were kept separate from the rest of the airport.
VG spoke on Friday with Bjarte Onsrud who was with the family on one of the planes.
The family received the news about the new variant on Thursday night, and at the airport terminal in Johannesburg in South Africa, they were told that there could be some changes.
Onsrud hopes it will be nice to get into Norway – once they have clarified the situation in the Netherlands.
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