BERLIN—Two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in the southern German state of Bavaria and a suspected case found in the west of the country, health officials said on Saturday. The two people with the variant entered Germany at Munich airport on Nov. 24, before South Africa was designated a virus-variant area, and were now isolating, said Bavaria’s health ministry, without saying explicitly that they had come from South Africa. The two had come forward for further investigations after they heard about the new variant, which has caused global concern and prompted a wave of travel curbs. The Bavarian ministry said anyone who had been in South Africa in the last 14 days should immediately reduce contacts, take a PCR test and contact their local health authority. “Bavaria has responded early and quickly to the very new variant,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Everything must be done …
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