Five contacts of Karnataka patient tests positive; Samples sent for Genome testing
Health Ministry traced down 527 contacts, five of which tested positive for COVID-19.
Photo: UNICEF/Panjwani
Kathmandu, December 3. The government of the Indian state of Karnataka has announced that five contacts of an Omicron patient as well as a doctor have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus.
Omicron Patient?
India’s health ministry on Thursday announced that two covid-19 patients in Karnataka were found to be infected with the new “Omicron” strain. This was the first two cases in the giant country.
The ministry also confirmed that health officers in Karnataka traced down the contacts of the two patients.
Patient One: 13 direct contacts and 250 secondary contacts
Patient Two: 24 direct contacts and 240 secondary contacts
Swab samples were collected from the contacts, who are currently being kept in an isolation facility in Bengaluru.
Hours Later
On Thursday evening, the Union health ministry announced that 5 out of 13 direct contacts of Patient One tested positive for the viral infection. A doctor who treated patient one also tested positive. ‘Their samples have been forwarded for genome testing,’ said health officials.
All contacts of patient two have tested negative.
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