Brazil, Japan, and South Korea reported their first cases of the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus that causes the COVID-19 disease on Tuesday. The news come the same day as Dutch scientists confirmed the Omicron variant had been circulating in the Netherlands prior to its detection in South Africa on Nov. 24. Specifically, two patient test samples from Nov. 19 and 23 taken in the Netherlands were found to contain the variant, according to the country’s RIVM health institute. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said Tuesday that two Brazilians tested positive for the new variant, marking the first such reported cases in Latin America, reported Reuters. According to Anvisa, a traveler who arrived in Sao Paulo from South Africa and his wife, who hadn’t traveled, both tested positive for the Omicron variant. The state of Sao Paulo said the positive test results were confirmed with a second test. …