After two cases of the new Omicron variant were verified in Karnataka on Thursday, as numerous as four South African passengers have tested Covid positive in Rajasthan. The samples have been transferred for farther tests to determine whether they’re infected by the Omicron variant or not. The members of the family have been insulated in Jaipur, the times now reported.
Another passenger from the UK in Chennai was plant COVID positive and is admitted to a special ward of the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai. His samples, too have been transferred for genome sequencing to Chennai and Bengaluru, said Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Friday.
Meanwhile, 9 transnational trippers including one from South Africa who arrived at Mumbai International Airport between November 10-December 2 have tested positive for COVID19 and their samples have been transferred for genome sequencing, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation informed.
India on Thursday reported its first two cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 from Karnataka – in a South African public and a Bengaluru croaker with no trip history and both men completely vaccinated – indeed as the Centre faced questions from opposition parties on a timeline for a supporter vaccine.
The Union Health Ministry while attesting the discovery of two cases of Omicron variant in Bengaluru asked people not to horrify but follow Covid-applicable geste and get vaccinated without detention. It also said the scientific logic for supporter vaccine boluses is under examination and that precedence is to complete the task of entering both dabs of COVID vaccine. Besides the cases detected in India, 373 cases of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in 29 nations so far, according to an functionary.
Missing foreign returnees in Andhra
Meanwhile, several foreign returnees in Andhra Pradesh are reportedly “ missing” and a hunt has been initiated by the administration to find them. The government is looking for 30 of the 60 foreign returnees, including nine from Africa, who landed at colorful airfields in the state in the last 10 days, to conduct their RT-PCR tests and shoot samples for genome sequencing.
While 30 of them are staying in Visakhapatnam, the remaining 30 have left for colorful places in Andhra Pradesh and some of them are allegedly not answering phone calls, The Times of India reported.
Active COVID-19 cases in country increase to
. With coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the country’s total census of COVID-19 cases rose to, while the active cases increased to, according to the Union Health Ministry data streamlined on Friday. The death risk climbed to with 391 fresh losses, according to the data streamlined at 8 am.
The diurnal rise in new coronavirus infections has been lower than for 159 successive days now. The active cases comprise0.29 per cent of the total infections, the smallest since March 2020, while the public COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at98.35 per cent, the ministry said.