Aligarh, Jan 6 : Two people, who returned from abroad about 15 days ago, have tested positive for the Omicron Covid-19 variant in Aligarh.
Rahul Kulshrestha, Covid sampling in-charge in Aligarh, said: “The presence of the Omicron variant in the two patients was confirmed after a report of genome sequencing of their samples was received on Wednesday.”
He said that while the 44-year-old patient had returned from Saudi Arabia, the other 36-year-old had returned from Nigeria.
As per protocol, their samples were collected for Covid-19 testing and both tested positive for the disease.
Later, their samples were sent for genome sequencing.
“Their condition is stable and they have been isolated.A total 68 people have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the third phase,” Kulshrestha added.
All arrangements in view of the rising number of Covid cases have been made by the state health department, he added.
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