The first case of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron has been detected in Delhi, state Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday, 5 December, adding that the person is stable and admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital.
"First omicron case detected in Delhi. The patient admitted to LNJP Hospital had returned from Tanzania. Till now, 17 people who tested positive for Covid have been admitted to the hospital," he said.
The patient was a 37-year-old male, who had returned from Tanzania and was admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital.
Meanwhile, LNJP hospital MD Dr Suresh Kumar told The Quint that the patient was asymptomatic and stable.
"The patient who has tested positive for Omicron only complained of sore throat. No fever or cough or respiratory problem. He's in isolation. The samples of the other suspected patients had been sent for genome testing, we are awaiting results."Suresh Kumar, LNJP, MD
12 Samples Sent For Genome Sequencing
Earlier, Satyendar Jain had said:
"Samples of 12 out of 17 positive passengers were sent for genome sequencing and one of them, who arrived from Tanzania, tested Omicron positive according to preliminary reports."Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told ANI
The latest case in Delhi has taken India's tally of Omicron positive cases to five. The first two cases of Omicron were detected in Bengaluru, with one of the individuals flying out of India after recovering. And one Omicron case each was found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
(With inputs from ANI.)
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