Omicron threat: Five more travellers from 'at risk' countries test COVID-19 positive in Mumbai, 9 so far

All the five travellers who tested positive for COVID are males and had arrived in Mumbai between November 17 to December 2. 

New Delhi: As Omicron variant grips the world in fear, five more people who arrived in Maharashtra's Mumbai from 'at risk countries' tested positive for COVID-19, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday (December 2). 

As per the civil body, all the five travellers who tested positive for COVID are males and had arrived in Mumbai between November 17 to December 2. Three of them had come from London, one from Portugal and one from Germany.

BMC’s additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said that a total of nine travellers who arrived in Mumbai have tested positive for COVID-19 so far and are suspected to have Omicron variant, PTI reported.