The Omicron variant of Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in India as well as in the world. On Monday, two fully vaccinated persons who returned from abroad last month have tested positive for the new Omicron strain of coronavirus in Mumbai. With this, India’s figure reached 23.
Two fully vaccinated persons who returned from abroad last month have tested positive for the new Omicron strain of coronavirus in Mumbai, the first case of the variant to be detected in the metropolis, the civic body said on Monday, adding that no such infections have been reported in Maharashtra. Regarding the number of 10.
The new version sharply shifted South Africa from a period of low transmission, averaging less than 200 new cases per day in mid-November, to more than 16,000 per day over the weekend.
“The virus is spreading very, very fast,” said Willem Hannekom, director of the Africa Health Research Institute, AP.
Before Mumbai, six people, including three Nigerian nationals, tested positive for omicron version In Pimpri Chinchwad of Pune district. Another person who had recently returned to Pune from Finland also tested positive for Omicron.
Rajasthan, Karnataka and Gujarat are the other states where cases of Omicron have been reported. Delhi also recorded one case of the new version of the coronavirus.
India Omron Covid Tally 23. jumped up
Maharashtra-10
Karnataka -2
Delhi-1
Gujarat-1
Rajasthan -9
Jaipur’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr Narottam Sharma said on Monday that all the nine Omicron COVID-19 type patients in Rajasthan’s Jaipur are asymptomatic. Talking to ANI, Sharma said, “All the nine Omicron type patients are asymptomatic. We are taking the matter seriously and doing contact tracing and taking effective measures.”
The WHO has classified the Omicron variant as a ‘Variants of Concern’. Health experts have expressed the possibility that due to genetic modification in the virus, it may have some unique characteristics.
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