Omicron Ward News Today

Dharavi has confirmed its first Omicron case on Friday, taking the number of confirmed cases of this new variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra to 11.

The number of Covid-19 patients infected with the Omicron variant in Gujarat has risen to three with the wife and brother-in-law of an NRI from Zimbabwe, who tested positive last week in Jamnagar, found to be carrying the virus.

The wife and brother-in-law of an NRI man, who had been found infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 here in Gujarat a week back, were also detected with the new strain, officials of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) said on Friday.

Genome sequencing of swab samples at the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) in Gandhinagar has established that both the COVID-19 patients were also infected with the Omicron variant.

They were shifted to a special Omicron Ward created in the state-run Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital in the city, said a release by the JMC.

The wife and brother-in-law of an NRI man, who had been found infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 here in Gujarat a week back, were also detected with the new strain, officials of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) said on Friday.

The state now has three patients of Omicron, classified as a variant of concern by the WHO after it was detected in Africa last month

Jamnagar, December 10 The wife and brother-in-law of an NRI man, who had been found infected with the omicron variant of Covid here in Gujarat a week back, were also detected with the new strain, off

Gujarat now has three patients of Omicron, classified as a variant of concern by the WHO after it was detected in Africa last month.

The wife and brother-in-law of the 72-year-old NRI man in Gujarat, who had tested positive for Omicron last week, have also been found infected with the new variant.