Two Omicron patients were found in Karnataka, the government said - the new variant is 5 times more dangerous than Delta
The new variant of Corona Omicron has also reached India. Its first two patients in the country have been found in Karnataka. Of these, the age of one is 46 and the other is 66 years old. Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Luv Agarwal gave this information on Thursday.
The new variant of Corona Omicron has also reached India. Its first two patients in the country have been found in Karnataka. Of these, the age of one is 46 and the other is 66 years old. Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Luv Agarwal gave this information on Thursday. He said that the new variant of Corona, Omicron, is expected to spread rapidly. It can be up to 5 times more contagious than Delta. So far, 373 cases have been found in 29 countries of Omicron.
In view of the threat of the new variant, samples of 10 passengers have been sent for genome sequencing from midnight of December 1 till Thursday. RT-PCR test of about 8 thousand people has been done.The new variant of Corona Omicron has also reached India. Its first two patients in the country have been found in Karnataka. Of these, the age of one is 46 and the other is 66 years old.
Aggarwal told- Corona cases are decreasing continuously in the country for a month. It is a matter of concern that the positivity rate is still more than 10% in 15 districts. In 18 districts, this rate remains 5 to 10%. Kerala and Maharashtra are the only two states with more than 10,000 active cases. More than 55% of the country's cases are here. He said that 49% of the population received both doses of the vaccine. Door-to-door vaccination campaign has started. There are currently 99,763 active cases of corona in the country. In the last 24 hours, 9,765 new cases have been reported.
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