Sample of one South African traveller has features that differ from Delta: Health Minister
The Hindu
Officials earlier claimed that both positive cases had Delta variants
Amid growing concern over the Omicron variant, Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar on Monday said the sample of one of the two South Africa travellers who had tested COVID-19 positive recently in Bengaluru has features of a variant that is “different from the Delta variant.”
The Minister said he was in touch with the Union Health Ministry and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) on this.
“One of the samples of a 63-year-old man is found to be Delta while the other is different. We have sought ICMR’s assistance in ascertaining the variant. The report is expected by Tuesday,” the Minister said. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai also said the State is awaiting confirmation from ICMR.