5 Contacts Of Bengaluru Omicron Patient Test Positive For Covid, Isolated
NDTV
Both patients have been isolated and their samples have been sent for genome testing, Karnataka said amid concern over the highly infectious Omicron strain that has set off global alarm.
Five contacts of an Omicron patient have turned out to be Covid positive, Karnataka announced today, shortly after the Union health ministry said the first patients of the new Covid variant have been found in the state. The patients have been isolated and their samples have been sent for genome testing, Karnataka said amid concern over the highly infectious strain that has set off global alarm.
The 46-year-old who tested positive for Omicron is a health worker from Bengaluru who developed symptoms of fever and body ache on November 21.
He tested positive the following day and was admitted to hospital; his sample was sent for genome sequencing on the same day. However, three days later he was discharged. His vaccination status is unclear at this time.
