A man from Maharashtra who travelled to Mumbai from South Africa via Dubai and Delhi has been found positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus. After 4 cases found in India, Maharashtra, Gujrat and Karnataka in high alert.
Previously, two men in Karnataka tested positive for the Omicron variant, in the first cases to be reported from India. On Saturday reported two more cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident returning from South Africa’s Cape Town was found to be positive for the new Covid strain and a 72-year-old man returning from Zimbabwe to Gujarat’s Jamnagar tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
The Centre government on Friday said it anticipates the severity of the new strain to be low in the country given the fast pace of vaccination and high exposure to the Delta variant. The government also said a decision on a Covid vaccine booster dose will be taken on the basis of scientific guidance from experts
“A man from Kalyan Dombivli municipal corporation area has tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19. He is the first official case in the state,” Maharashtra health department director Dr Archana Patil told to media. “He came with a group of four people. We are tracing and tracking them. Their RT-PCR test as well as genome sequencing will be done as well,” she said.
Cases with the Omicron variant have already been detected in Karnataka and Gujarat. The third known case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in India came to light from Gujarat after a man from Jamnagar, who had returned from Zimbabwe, tested positive for the disease.
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Previously, two men in Karnataka tested positive for the Omicron variant, in the first cases to be reported from India. The omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, has triggered widespread concern as multiple mutations have been found in the strain that can possibly dampen all the efforts to slow down the ongoing pandemic.
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