Maharashtra Omicron tally goes up to ten
The Hindu
Two who arrived for South Africa and U.S. test positive
Maharashtra on Monday recorded two more patients affected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, taking its total tally in the State to 10.
One of them was a 37-year-old man who had come from Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 25. His 36-year-old friend, who had come from the U.S. the same day, has also tested positive for the new variant, said the State Public Health department.
Both patients have no symptoms and have been admitted to the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai. Both have taken Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Five high-risk and 315 low-risk contacts of both these patients have been traced. Further tracing is currently under way.
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