B.C. health officials said Tuesday there are now five cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the province.

Dr. Bonnie Henry said at a media briefing that, after the first initial Omicron case last week, four additional cases of the variant were discovered over the weekend.

They have been mild and no one is in the hospital with this variant, Henry confirmed.

She said there are also a number of other cases “suspect and pending,” and likely to be this new variant.

Henry said this is not a surprise, as they know the virus travels, and travels quickly in people.

Of the five confirmed cases, three people were fully vaccinated with three different vaccination combinations, Henry added. The other two were unvaccinated people.

The cases range in age from 18 to 60 and are all associated with international travel from Nigeria, Egypt, a few countries in southern Africa and Iran, Henry added.

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