Tokyo has discovered its first case of community transmission of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday, a sign that it is slowly but steadily spreading in the nation.
The announcement comes after cases of omicron community transmission were detected in Osaka and Kyoto prefectures earlier this week.
"One of the omicron cases reported has no recent history of traveling abroad and it is unclear where it was transmitted from," Koike said in a news conference. "So it's a case of community transmission."