Kolkata: Two cases of Omicron infection were again confirmed in the city on Wednesday, taking the total number of Bengal infections caused by the variant to three so far.
The two additional new ones fly to city from abroad: a 69-year-old man from Nigeria, and a 19-year-old child from England.
The patients, said sources, showed mild and stable symptoms.
Patients from Nigeria, who came to the city on December 13, were at Fortis Hospital, while teenagers from England, who arrived on Sunday, were being treated at AMRI Hospital, Dhakuria.
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This patient, a 11-year-old boy who flew to Kolkata from Sweden, was in the quarantine of the house.
“We accept the results of the genome sequencing for three samples today.
From them, two are tested positive for Omicron,” said Ajay Chakraborty, Director, Health Services.
“Others have deltas.” Bengal’s first Omicron case – a seven-year-old boy from Faraakka who came from Abu Dhabi through Hyderabad – had been tested twice because he came home, first before the report of his seinment arrived from Telangana, and again the next day.
There are reports of other international leaflets, a man from Kolkata, tested Omicron-positive, but he was diagnosed and treated in Delhi.
He has since been tested negatively in the RT-PCR test and was allowed to travel to Kolkata on Monday.
He is now in home isolation.
Case numbers of the two and three Omicron Bengal detected on the state of the state government issued a new guideline to handle the threat.
Leaflets of “risky countries” will, from now on, be sent for institutional quarantine if they test covid-positive during quarantine eight days eight days, even if they have been tested negatively at the airport on arrival, and the details of all house flyers -Quartinedly divided by Local police station, according to the rules.
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The testing is covidpositive in the quarantine house will be sent to the hospital.
If the genome sequencing report shows negative to Omicron, they will be discarded after being alert to the Ministry of Health.
Omikronpositive will be removed from the hospital only after two consecutive PCR tests produce negative reports.
This guideline also emphasizes a collection of fast specimens from the suspect and the Omicron settings to send them to sequencing genomes.
Such a patient, the guideline said, must be in an isolated room or ward with a separate bathroom.
Must wear PPE by health workers who care for patients have been suggested.
“There are no positive international leaflet tests on arrival, they will be allowed to go home.
They will be sent to the facility identified by the Ministry of Health.
We will improve our coordination with airport officials,” said Sumber Swasthya Bhawan.
“Even Flyers tested negatively must be strictly followed by house isolation.
The variant incubation period can be six to seven days.
The leaflets might go through the initial period of infection and negative testing because of the low viral load on arrival,” said Chaudhuri Causik Pulmonologist, Nodal Officer for Covid on ID & BG.