PUNE: A pair and their 13-year-old daughter have examined constructive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus after returning to Satara in western Maharashtra from Uganda, officers mentioned on Saturday.
Their different daughter, who’s 5 years previous, examined constructive for COVID-19 however not for the variant.
All 4 returned to Phaltan in Satara district from the African nation on December 9, state well being division officers mentioned.
Owing to the Omicron scare, district officers traced them and requested them to endure RT-PCR exams.
The husband (35), spouse (33) and their elder daughter (13) examined constructive for COVID-19 whereas the report of the youthful baby was inconclusive, so the samples of all 4 have been despatched to the Nationwide Institute of Virology for genome sequencing, mentioned Civil Surgeon Dr Subhash Chavan.
“We acquired the genome sequencing reviews in the present day.
The couple and the elder daughter have been recognized with the Omicron variant, whereas the youthful daughter has examined constructive for COVID-19,” a press release from the Satara district administration mentioned.
All 4 have been saved in isolation at a sub- district degree hospital and their well being is ok, the assertion added.
Maharashtra had reported 40 Omicron instances as of Friday night.
