Vadodara: The city enrolled the first Covid-19 case with an Omicron variant that did not have a travel history or contact.
It includes two cases of Omicron confirmed in the city on Thursday.
Being an infected person Omicron while it was thrown 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.
In all, 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.
Travel Sans Vadodara Omicron First, Contact History
