Here are the latest updates about the new coronavirus variant: United Kingdom Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said that there is commun...
Here are the latest updates about the new coronavirus variant:
- United Kingdom Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said that there is community transmission of the Omicron coronavirus variant in multiple regions of England, reported BBC. He said that there have been 336 confirmed cases of the variant, a rise of 90 from Sunday.
- A Bengaluru health officer has filed a police complaint under the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020, against a South African man, who had tested positive for the Omicron variant, for leaving the country ahead of the end of his 14-day quarantine, reported The Indian Express. A five-star hotel where he was residing and was quarantined has also been named in the first information report.
- Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation chief Vijay Suryavanshi said that 109 out of 295 recent foreign returnees to the township in Thane district are untraceable, reported PTI. He said the mobile phones of some of these people were switched off while many of the last given addresses were found to be locked.
- Two more cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were detected in Mumbai on Monday, taking the Maharashtra’s tally of infections to 10. With this, the total number of confirmed Omicron cases in India rose to 23.
- Amid concerns about the Omicron variant and Covid-19 cases being detected...
