Vadodara: The city enrolled the first Covid-19 case with an Omicron variant that did not have a travel history or contact.
Among the two Omicron cases confirmed in the city on Thursday.
Nine people infected with Omicron while it was dismissed on Thursday.
These people have tested negatively twice in 24 hours.
They have been suggested for a strict house isolation for seven days.
Cases without travel or contact history come from the same area of Vadodara.
The 53-year-old man has a complaint of cough and tested positive on December 16.
He was isolated at home and repeated tests on December 26 were found negative.
The genome sequencing report that arrived on Thursday revealed that he was infected by the Omicron variant.
Without a trip or contact history, officials suspect that Omicron variants may have infected many others.
“This is expected sooner or later,” said an official.
The second case is a 65-year-old man with a history of traveling to Nairobi, in Kenya.
He has returned on December 11 and was found positively on December 17 in testing follow-up by health officials.
He was hospitalized and three nearby contacts were tracked.
All contacts are tested negative.
Sequencing genome results of elderly men who arrived on Thursday positive for omicron variants.
Patients remain in isolation.
Patient samples and close contact were collected again on Thursday.
Overall, 20 cases of omicron variants have been reported in the city and vadodara district so far.
These include 19 in the city and one in the district.
The case in this district is from a man from Bhayli who has an international travel history.
Another surge in Casesvadodara City and the district reported 38 new Covid-19 cases from 5,211 tests on Thursday.
The cases were the same as the number of cases reported on June 16 this year when the second wave receded quickly.
The western zone of the city contributed a large number of new cases as 16 tested positive in the area.
This was followed by the Eastern Zone where 10 people were tested positive even when the North and South Zone contributed four and five cases.
Three new cases were reported from the district outside the city limits.
New cases on Thursday pushed the total number of positive cases to 72,693.
With eight people being repatriated on Thursday, the total number of people beaten up to 71,910.
A total of 623 people have died according to official records.
The number of active cases has increased significantly to 160 now where two are in serious condition on the bipap or ventilator and six requires oxygen support.
MSU Hostel De Facto Insulation Factory Hostel Block on Campus Hostel University M is an isolation facility by the way the warden there is tested positive for Covid-19.
Warden samples were collected two days back because he felt unwell and the report was positive.
He has been closely linked to some of the students and staff at the hostel.
Sources said that six people working at the hostel and 24 students were tested and none were found to be positive.
The students will stay in isolation at the hostel itself.
Arrangements for their food and other needs has been made in the hostel itself.
Two resident doctor who infects doctor female population that remains with had tested positive for Covid-19.
They used to work at the Hospital Gmers Buckshot.
One of the doctors had been tested positive at first and the others tested because he was in contact with whom they share the same room.
Other residents also found to be positive.
First omicron kasing without travel or contact history in Vadodara
