New Delhi: The Omicron version of Kovid 19 has now spread to 38 countries and India has reported two cases of the strain in Karnataka. According to a senior hospital official, now, twelve suspected Omicron patients, who had come to the national capital from “at risk” countries, have been admitted to the Delhi government’s LNJP Hospital.
The report mentions that eight of these have tested positive for the virus and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to find out if they are oomicron positive. Four of these patients have symptoms like sore throat, fever and history of contact with patients. Hospital officials said that it may take four to five days to get the result of genome sequencing.
“Four patients are from UK, four from France, two from Netherlands, one from Belgium and one from Tanzania. Two patients are foreign nationals,” said Dr. Suresh Kumar, Medical Director, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP). ) Hospital.
He said four patients tested positive through RT-PCR, while four tested positive through rapid antigen test.
Earlier this week, the Delhi government designated LNJP Hospital to treat patients infected with the new Omicron version of the coronavirus. The national capital’s largest hospital for COVID-19 treatment, LNJP Hospital, has created a special 40-bedded ward to isolate those suspected to be infected with the new variant.
According to the center, countries designated as “at risk” include the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
Travelers from these “at-risk” countries are following additional measures on arrival in India from Tuesday midnight.
Under the new norms, RT-PCR tests are mandatory for passengers coming from “at-risk” countries and will be allowed to leave the airport only after the results are out.
Also, five per cent of the passengers arriving on flights from other countries will be randomly tested.
(with PTI inputs)
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