Bhubaneswar: A 44-year-old man from Bhubaneswar without the history of a recent overseas trip and has no contact with a recent foreign returns, is between five more people, who has tested the omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, authority Health said on Thursday.
It takes the official count of the Omicron case in the state to 14.Tho from a 44-year-old family member has also been positively tested for Covid-19.
“The sorting of their swab sample genomes will be carried out to set a variant,” said Bijay Kumar Mohapatra, Director of Health Services, said.
Five cases of new Omicron originated from nine swab samples tested positive for Covid-19 and which the genome was carried out at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here.
Mohapatra said even though the man from Bhubaneswar did not have a history of foreign travel, he recently visited Raipur and Hyderabad and may have come into contact with someone infected during domestic trips.
Four others, who have contracted Omicron, including two men who returned from the UAE, one from Qatar and a woman who returned from Congo.
The condition of all fifth is stable, said health authority.
Two people were hospitalized in Bhubaneswar, including those without a history of travel abroad, each in the Paradip and Bhadrak while one person was in a house isolation in Bhubaneswar.experts said the local Omicron case without travel punishment was not surprising.
“In the times to come, there will be more cases like in the waves of the past.
Omicron spreads faster.
However, there is no reason to panic.
Better readiness is needed to face any possibility.
People should not lower their guards with Whatever cost, “Bines Patro, a professor of public treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, said.
E Venkata Rao, Professor of Treatment of Other Communities at the IMS Hospital and SUM, said studies around the world show omicron may not be very dangerous.
There will be a quick leap in the number of cases because it is very transmitted.
However, it should not be the cause of worries because it is less fierce unless there is further mutation.
On Thursday, Odisha added 225 new Covid infections from between 61,192 samples tested.