Samples of man who returned from U.K. sent for Omicron test
The Hindu
He arrived in Kozhikode on Nov. 21 and visited four districts in Kerala
The samples of a health worker who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the United Kingdom recently have been sent for genome sequencing test to ascertain the presence of the Omicron variant of the virus.
The 46-year-old man arrived in Kozhikode on November 21 and visited four districts in the State. He tested positive on November 26. The samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
Two persons in the U.K. were found to have been infected with the new COVID-19 variant on November 27. They had travelled to South Africa from where the Omicron variant was first reported.
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