Twelve overseas arrivals suspected of being infected with the Omicron strain of Covid-19 have been hospitalised to Delhi’s designated Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.
Ten of the twelve have tested positive for Covid-19, while the other two are exhibiting symptoms but have yet to be tested.
On Thursday, there were eight patients in the ward. The figure increased to twelve with four new cases reported on Friday. Of these four, two passengers returned from UK, one from France and one from the Netherlands.
All twelve samples wil be genome sequenced in order to determine which strain of the coronavirus they belong to.
As per a government directive, all individuals who test positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus are to be isolated and treated at LNJP Hospital. So far, two confirmed cases of Omicron have been detected in India, both in Karnataka.
According to the Centre’s travel restrictions in light of the Omicron variant, passengers arriving in India from ‘at-risk’ nations have to undergo an RT-PCR test at the airport. Those who test positive will be shifted to isolation facilities while those who test negative have to undergo seven-day home quarantine.
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