BENGALURU: Karnataka on Saturday reported seven more cases of Omicron, taking the total number of patients with the new variant to 38.
While four of them had international travel history, two arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi and another was a contact of a UK-returned person.
Among the new patients is a 15- year-old teenager who travelled from the US on December 20 and had tested positive for Covid on arrival. The person’s gender was not disclosed. All the seven cases were from Bengaluru. Of the seven, six were fully vaccinated, except for the teenager.
The newly found omicron infected persons included two men aged 76 and 62 years, who had returned from Delhi. The 76-year old man had travelled from Delhi to Bengaluru on December 3 and had further developed symptoms of Covid. He had tested positive for Covid on December 6 and was on home isolation. The 62-year-old man had returned from Delhi to Bengaluru on December 20 and is currently being treated in a private hospital. One of his primary contacts has tested positive.
A 63-year-old male who had travelled from Zambia, a 21-year-old man who returned from the UK, and a 30-year-old woman who had travel history to UAE are the others with international travel history.
A 54-year old man, who was a primary contact of a UK-returned person has also been found to be infected with Omicron.
Health minister K Sudhakar said that all primary and secondary contacts of the persons have been tracked, traced and tested.
While four of them had international travel history, two arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi and another was a contact of a UK-returned person.
Among the new patients is a 15- year-old teenager who travelled from the US on December 20 and had tested positive for Covid on arrival. The person’s gender was not disclosed. All the seven cases were from Bengaluru. Of the seven, six were fully vaccinated, except for the teenager.
The newly found omicron infected persons included two men aged 76 and 62 years, who had returned from Delhi. The 76-year old man had travelled from Delhi to Bengaluru on December 3 and had further developed symptoms of Covid. He had tested positive for Covid on December 6 and was on home isolation. The 62-year-old man had returned from Delhi to Bengaluru on December 20 and is currently being treated in a private hospital. One of his primary contacts has tested positive.
A 63-year-old male who had travelled from Zambia, a 21-year-old man who returned from the UK, and a 30-year-old woman who had travel history to UAE are the others with international travel history.
A 54-year old man, who was a primary contact of a UK-returned person has also been found to be infected with Omicron.
Health minister K Sudhakar said that all primary and secondary contacts of the persons have been tracked, traced and tested.
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