First Omicron case detected in Mysuru
The Hindu
Nine-year-old child who had returned from an overseas trip tests positive but parents test negative
A nine-year-old child, who returned from an overseas trip, tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Mysuru on Thursday (December 23). This is the first Omicron case to be recorded in Mysuru.
District Health Officer. K.H. Prasad, who confirmed the case, said the patient is asymptomatic. “The child is in isolation and steps have been taken to subject all the contacts of the patient for mandatory tests,” he added.
Dr. Prasad told The Hindu that the swab samples of the child’s parents were negative but the family will be under observation. The repeat tests and genome sequencing of the contacts’ samples will be done. All the primary contacts and secondary contacts are being tracked by our teams, he added.
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