New Delhi: Nearly one of the five covid-positive travelers testing at IGI Airport is infected with Omicron variants, tests conducted at the Institute of Genomic and Integrative Biology (IGIB).
IGIB is one of the main laboratories in which sequencing genomes are being carried out to identify variants responsible for Covid-19 in international travelers.
A senior scientist said every day 15-20 samples were sorted in IGIB and almost 20% positive for Omicron variants.
Coronavirus in India: UpdateThe directly the first case of Omicron was detected in Delhi on December 2 on a 37-year-old man who had returned from Tanzania.
In the last 20 days, this number has risen to 57.
Three new cases of this variant, which three times more contagious than Delta variants, are confirmed in the last 24 hours.
Initially, Omicron variants were limited to international travelers, but epidemiologists said the sudden surge in the case of Covid-19 during the past week showed that it might have spread in the community too.
“We have 17 Omicron patients who entered the hospital.
From them, three do not have a history of travel,” a senior doctor at Lok Nayak Hospital told toi.
The state-run hospital is set for isolation and treatment of omicron cases in Delhi.
Also read the report also 7,495 new Covid-19 cases; Calculation of Omikron State in 269India has reported 7,495 new cases of Covid-19 and 434 deaths in the last 24 hours, the UNI Ministry of Health Bulletin on Thursday stated.
India, according to the bulletin, has reported 269 cases of omicron variants so far.
The ministry also said 104 omicron patients so far recovered.
Indian capital assets accounted for almost 27% of a total of 213 cases reported in this country.
After Delhi, Mumbai has a maximum (30) case among all metropolitan cities.
Dr.
Suresh Kumar, Medical Director of Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi and Mumbai said both had the busiest airports where hundreds of international tourists arrived every day.
That is the reason behind the high number of cases in two cities.
He added that most of the patients were asymptomatic omikron or had mild symptoms.
“We have not yet managed steroids, antivirus drugs or oxygen therapy to one patient until now,” Dr.
Kumar said.
Read Alsomost Omicron Case does not show symptoms.
Omicron Covid-19 variant patients are not different from the alpha and delta variants that have been seen by experts in the first and second wave – for the beginning, the majority of patients detected by the variant.
does not show symptoms, and does not need oxygen support.
Data was released last week with the study of Covid symptoms, conducted in London, showing that the top five symptoms reported for Omicron infection were colds, headaches, fatigue (either light and severe), sneezing and sore throat.
This study was conducted by a health science company called Zoe and King’s College, London.
IGI: 1 in 5 testing + ve infected with omicron
