For Omicron-Infected Patients, Karnataka's New Hospital Discharge Rules

India's first two Omicron Covid patients were both reported from Karnataka

The Karnataka Health Department on Friday released guidelines for the discharge of COVID-19 patients who have recovered after testing positive for the Omicron variant.

India's first two Omicron Covid patients were both reported from Karnataka.

The first - a 66-year-old foreign national took a flight out of the country after securing a negative report from a private lab. The second - a 46-year-old Bengaluru doctor - had been discharged from hospital before being asked to return when Omicron was confirmed. He later tested positive for a second time.

Questions had been raised, in both instances, about the Health Department's handling of the cases.