
First Omicron case confirmed in Coimbatore district
The Hindu
A COVID-19 positive senior citizen, who had recently returned to Coimbatore from the United Kingdom, has been confirmed to be the first patient to have contracted the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in
A COVID-19 positive senior citizen, who had recently returned to Coimbatore from the United Kingdom, has been confirmed to be the first patient to have contracted the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Coimbatore district.
Sources in the Health Department said on Friday that the 69-year-old man had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 20, days after he arrived at the Coimbatore International Airport from the U.K. His swab samples were subsequently sent to the State Public Health Laboratory in Chennai for whole genomic sequencing. On Friday, the results from the laboratory confirmed the infection by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

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