At least 17 people who came down with COVID-19 after a Christmas party gathering over 100 guests in Oslo last week are suspected of having the Omicron variant, city officials said on Friday.

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Solar energy company Scatec (whose headquarters in Oslo is pictured left) held the party on November 26 (Picture: Google; Getty)Dozens of people are feared to have been infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant after going to a work Christmas party.Norwegian media reported that staff at Scatec, a renewable energy company, attended the event in Oslo on November 26.

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