Africa Returned Maharashtra Covid Patient Being Tested For Omicron Variant
NDTV
It was not known so far where he had contracted the "Omicron" variant of the virus, which was identified as the variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the official said.
A 32-year-old man who tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Thane after returning from South Africa has been kept in isolation at a civic COVID-19 care centre.
The patient's sample has been sent for genome sequencing amid concerns over the potentially more transmissible new "Omicron" variant of the virus, an official said on Monday.
The result will be known after seven days, Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation's (KDMC) epidemic control officer Dr Pratibha Panpatil said.
It was not known so far where he had contracted the ''Omicron'' variant of the virus, which was identified as the variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the official said.
