New Delhi: Health department sources said on Monday that three persons who arrived at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) from London have tested positive for COVID-19 in RT-PCR tests.
As per protocol, a 30-year-old woman and two 6-year-old boys were taken to a designated hospital and kept in isolation. Since they came from a high-risk area, the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing.
So far three patients have tested positive for the Omron variant in the state. Two have travel history and one does not have travel history. The Department of Health introduced several measures to prevent infection with the new version.
However, the state health department officials heaved a sigh of relief as all the primary and secondary contacts of the third person who tested positive for the Omicron variant have tested negative for Covid-19. The officials are waiting for their second exam result.
The third Omicron positive patient came from South Africa with a negative RT-PCR report on 1 December. He also tested negative in the Covid-19 test at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL).
However, he developed symptoms of COVID after reaching home; He voluntarily went to the laboratory for a swab test. The government had made it mandatory for people to take two doses of vaccination for visiting malls, cinema halls and commercial establishments.
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