VADODARA: A woman residing in the Tandalja area of the city who had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier was found infected by the
Omicron variant
. The woman had returned from UK and had not come in contact with many persons.
The woman was the third case of the Omicron variant detected in the city. Earlier an elderly couple residing in the Harni area of the city were found infected with the variant.
The 27-year-old woman had returned form UK on December 13. She had been tested in UK and at Mumbai airport and was negative for Covid-19. On the next day of her arrival she had fever and was tested again. This time she was found positive and was in home isolation.
The lady had only two close contacts who were tested on December 15 and found negative. After she was found positive, her samples were also sent for genome sequencing. The report of sequencing arrived on Monday and revealed that she was infected by the omicron variant. She is under hospital isolation in a private hospital.
Officials of the health department are also awaiting the reports of genome sequencing of a boy studying in the Cygnus School in the city. While he had tested positive on December 16, he had not gone to school since December 10.
The concern regarding the boy is that he was a close contact of the elderly couple from Harni who had tested positive and were found infected with the omicron variant. The boy’s samples had also been sent for genome sequencing. “The school has taken the necessary precautions despite very little chances of the boy contacting or spreading the infection there,” said an official.
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