COVID-19 | Two samples from Bengaluru detected with Omicron variant
The Hindu
A South African national and a Bengaluru resident who recently returned from an high-risk country were found to be infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19
The Union Health Ministry has confirmed that two cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in India for the first time. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) that monitors the genomic variations of the pandemic causing virus too confirmed this.
Two persons - a 66-year-old South African national and another 46-year-old resident of Bommanahalli - in Bengaluru have been detected with the new variant. Both of them have returned from the high risk countries in the first week of November.
Sources said the 46-year-old resident of Bommanahalli has been under home quarantine and is doing fine. None of his contacts had any symptoms. He had returned on November 1 and has completed 14 days quarantine.