Kolkata: Sample Swab from a 18-year-old student who flew from England through Qatar on Friday, was the first of the city – because the Omicron protocol kicked – to be sent to the genome sequencing, after he tested the positive arrival.
Health officials said the teenager, which had been stored in quarantine in a private hospital, featured very light symptoms and stable conditions.
A source said that the results of the initial test had shown a “protein surge” lost.
Omicron variants have genetic changes, removal in the “s” gene or surge.
The PCR test that displays the target of genes “strongly suggest omicron infection.
But in this particular case, it is too early to say whether it is omicron.
The doctor in Amri Dhakuria, where he underwent treatment, said conclusions should not be withdrawn before the results of the sequencing genome .
sources Swasthya Bhavan said sequencing, at the National Institute of Genomics Biomedical Kalyani, it will take a few days.
The teenager, a resident of South Kolkata, arrived in Qatar Airways flight QR 540 from Doha at 2:30 am on Thursday.
He underwent tests RT-PCR is fast at the airport.
The first test is not convincing.
However, the second test is positive.
He was taken to the Hospital of Infectious Disease & Buyaghata (ID & BG), where the state government had prepared a dedicated ward for the Omicron suspects.
He then shifted to Dhakuria’s hospital on his parents’ wishes.
At Amri, he underwent a more biofire respiratory panel test forward, who confirms Covid.
Apart from very light symptoms (99 degrees and delicious fever), he has no other health complaints.
But he was traumatized by the surrounding development since he landed in the city.
The doctor really monitors the situation and keeps close observations.
“Founded leaflets from England were found in arrival The aircraft has 119 passengers.
The source said they focused about eight close contact sitting nearby.
“Following the protocol, the passenger sat adjacent to him and in the chair in front and behind him was contacted by the airline, and they were asked to live in quarantine until the statement of the genome sequencing arrived,” said a senior airport official.
The doctor said there was no reason to panic.
International leaflets have been positively tested for previous Covid too.
But this is the first time a passenger has been tested positive because the Omicron alert was raised in the last week of November.
“We are examining passengers who come from airport hubs such as Doha and Dubai, based on the history of their journey.
If they visit any risky country in the last 34 days, we ask them to undergo a Covid test,” airport official said.