New Variant Omicron Fear in Karnataka: 2 South African passenger Test Covid positive, Show Delta Infection

Bengaluru: Two South African nationals have tested positive at Bengaluru airport have been found infected with Delta variant of Covid-19. Officials said that 584 people arrived at the Bengaluru airport from 10 high risk countries.

Meanwhile 94 travellers arrived from South Africa. “Out of them (94 travellers), two who returned from South Africa (Indian nationals) tested positive for COVID on 11 and 20 November respectively. We sent it for sequencing and came to know that it’s Delta variant,” Bangalore Rural DC K Srinivas said

The two passengers testing positive for Covid-19 had created panic among the health authorities over the new Omicron strain of Covid-19. Officials had said that the two found infected were quarantined and their samples sent for further investigation.

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The Narendra Modi government on Saturday decided that samples from Covid-positive travellers who arrived in India in the last two weeks from 12 “at-risk” countries shall be sent for genome sequencing.

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