AGRA: At least two people in Aligarh tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Wednesday. Both the patients had reportedly returned from foreign countries almost 15 days ago.
The existence of the Omicron variant in the two patients was confirmed after a report of genome sequencing of their samples was received on Wednesday, said Dr Rahul kulshrestha, Covid sampling incharge in Aligarh.
He told TOI 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 were tested positive for the disease.
Later their samples were sent for genome sequencing. "Their conditions are stable and they have been isolated," said Dr Rahul, adding that a total 68 people have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the third phase. All arrangements have been made by the health department in view of the rising number of Covid cases.
