PERSISTENT ENEMY International travelers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) arrive at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021 as Australia records it’s first cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. AFP PHOTO
PERSISTENT ENEMY International travelers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) arrive at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021 as Australia records it’s first cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. AFP PHOTO

SYDNEY, Australia: Australia on Friday reported a student with no history of foreign travel had tested positive for the Covid-19 Omicron variant, the country's first detected case of community transmission.

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