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India has confirmed its first two cases of the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus, AFP quotes the Indian health ministry as saying.

Two men, a 66-year-old and a 46-year-old, had both tested positive for the variant in southern Karnataka state, top health official Luv Agarwal said in a briefing.

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