Jamnagar man who returned from Zimbabwe tests COVID-19 positive, sample sent for testing

A man from Gujrat's Jamnagar has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from Zimbabwe, which is categorized as an 'at risk' country.

On a day when India reported two cases of Omicron, a 72-year-old man tested Covid positive in Gujarat's Jamnagar after his return from Zimbabwe, one of the 'at risk' countries identified by the authorities.

In order to ascertain if he is infected with the Omicron variant, the health authorities have sent his samples to Ahmedabad for genome sequencing, Jamnagar municipal commissioner Vijaykumar Kharadi said, adding that it will take around one week for the result to come.