Not Omicron: 5 Contacts Of Bengaluru Doctor Likely In the Clear
NDTV
A formal announcement from Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar is awaited
Five contacts of a Bengaluru doctor who tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are not carrying that particular strain - although they are Covid-positive themselves - Gaurav Gupta, the Commissioner of the city's municipal corporation, told NDTV on Tuesday.
Mr Gupta said information from health officers and the genome sequencing lab analysing the five samples indicates the five do not have the Covid variant that has triggered widespread alarm globally over reports it is significantly more infectious than the already virulent Delta variant.
A formal announcement from Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar is awaited.
"Five of his almost 200 contacts that we traced turned out to be positive. Their samples were sent for sequencing. According to the preliminary results (the official has yet to come) is that they are negative for the new virus," Mr Gupta told NDTV.
