It has now been confirmed that it was the Omicron variant. However, the samples were rechecked by the government laboratories under the INSACOG and samples were sent to ICMR for reconfirmation. The duo were isolated at hotels in Bengaluru’s BBMP limits and their samples were tested and the Bengaluru Rural Deputy Commissioner K Srinivas even announced that their samples had the ‘Delta variant’, not Omicron. It appears different from the delta variant," the minister had said.ĪLSO READ | Omicron threat: International flights back on hold, won't resume from December 15 "There is a man who travelled from South Africa and his report is a bit different. The first indications that India might have Omicron cases came on Monday when Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said the sample of one of the two South African nationals who had come to Bengaluru recently was "different from the Delta variant." The protocol is being followed," Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said. "All their contacts have been identified and they are under monitoring. We need not panic, but awareness is absolutely essential. We have kept them in isolation and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing," the BBMP commissioner added.ĮXPLAINER | Is new Covid variant 'Omicron' more lethal than Delta? Here's all you need to knowīalram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR, made the initial announcement in New Delhi, observing that "two cases of Omicron detected in Karnataka so far through genome sequencing effort of INSACOG consortium of 37 laboratories established by the Ministry of Health. Of them, three primary and two secondary contacts have tested positive. 13 primary and 205 secondary contacts have been tested. He was in home isolation and then shifted to a government hospital. So, we sent the sample to NCBS lab and it was found to be positive for Omicron. We had tested the 46-year-old Indian on November 22, he said.
He also revealed that the second patient had passed on the infection to five others. He flew out on November 27 for Dubai, the Commissioner said.
In a separate lab, he got tested and was found to be negative. 24 primary contacts and 240 secondary contacts were tested and all of them are negative. The genome sequencing report confirmed the presence of Omicron on Thursday. The 66-year-old South African tested positive on November 20. One is a travel history and the other has no travel history, the BBMP commissioner Gaurav Gupta said in Bengaluru.
We have sent all the samples for sampling. Three primary and two secondary contacts of the duo who originally tested positive have tested positive too.
Both were doubly vaccinated and are asymptomatic. The two who tested positive are aged 66 years and 46 years respectively.
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