4th Gujarat Case Takes India's Omicron Tally To 41, Most In Maharashtra
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Omicron Covid Variant In India: Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be "highly transmissible", has now been reported in six states and two union territories.
A 42-year-old man from Gujarat who recently returned from South Africa tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus yesterday with which India now has 41 Omicron cases so far.
The man had first tested negative for coronavirus when he arrived in Delhi from South Africa via Kenya and Abu Dhabi on December 3. In his second test on December 4 also, the man tested negative for Covid after which he was briefly hospitalised for isolation. He then tested positive for Covid- with Omicron variant- on December 8, authorities informed.
The man's sample has been sent for genome sequencing.
Currently, the man is under treatment in home isolation and all the relatives as well as his four co-passengers have tested negative for Covid.
