Fully Vaccinated Delhi Man, 27, Got Omicron. He Speaks To NDTV
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The young businessman, double-vaccinated, had travelled to Dubai on November 20. When he returned on December 4, he tested negative in Dubai but at the Delhi airport, he turned out positive.
Sahil Thakur, 27, panicked when he was told that he had caught the Omicron variant of Covid. Weeks later, he declares - "110 per cent confident" - that Omicron is not life-threatening.
The young businessman, double-vaccinated, had travelled to Dubai on business on November 20. When he returned on December 4, he tested negative in Dubai but at the Delhi airport, he turned out positive.
Though he went into home isolation for Covid, he was stunned when he was informed, two days later, that he was a patient of Omicron - the new strain that the world is talking about and dreading.
"I was shocked - how could I be Omicron positive? I said - please check again. I don't have a single symptom," Sahil Thakur, who has recovered from Omicron, told NDTV.