In Mumbai, with the addition of six cases on Sunday, the number of international travelers under suspicion of the variant rose to 19. Dharavi got its first omicron suspect with a 49-year-old priest, who had returned from Tanzania, testing positive for Covid. There are no confirmed cases of Omicron in the city yet.
The state health department said six of the Pimpri-Chinchwad infections were from the same cluster. A 44-year-old woman and her 12 and 17-year-old daughters, who had come from Lagos in Nigeria to visit their brother in Pimpri-Chinchwad, were infected with Omicron. As all three tested positive for Covid, 13 of their contacts were traced and tested. Subsequently, the woman’s 45-year-old brother and her two daughters aged 7 and 1.5 were also found infected with the variant.
Of the six affected by the family, all adults are fully vaccinated. His samples were sequenced at the National Institute of Virology, Pune and found positive for omicron.
The seventh person to test positive was a 47-year-old Pune resident, who had visited Finland from November 18 to 25. He was tested on November 29 as he had mild fever and was found to be Covid positive. State Surveillance Officer Dr Pradeep Awate said that he has taken both the doses of Kovidshield vaccine and is completely stable. “Except a 44-year-old woman, all are asymptomatic.
Even he has very mild symptoms. was the first person to test positive in the state.
Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of the COVID Taskforce, said, “The cases we heard about today are mostly sporadic micro-clusters with mild symptoms and travel history. We are seeing some degree of spread, but there is no talk of transmission. It’s too early to do.” , “There is no need to stop clustering from them and panic at large. This is a new variant and not a completely new virus, so the basics of COVID control will still be in effect. People will have to double-mask. ”
In Mumbai, six more international passengers were found positive for Covid. In all, 19 passengers and their six contacts have been admitted to SevenHills Hospital on suspicion of Omicron, said Dr Mangala Gomare, BMC’s acting health officer. Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani said that out of 25 samples, 16 are being tested at Kasturba Hospital and nine have been sent to NIV. The results of some samples from Mumbai are expected on Monday.
The 49-year-old Maulvi Dharavi suspect had returned from Tanzania on November 4.
KDMC has found four contacts of a family, who had earlier returned from Nigeria, were positive for COVID. The genome sequencing report of the family is awaited. The corporation had traced six contacts, of whom four have been found positive, including two relatives from Hyderabad and two relatives from Navi Mumbai.
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