Relief for Chandigarh: South Africa returnee not infected with Omicron
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, December 7, 2021:
There is some relief for the Chandigarh residents as the 39-year-old male, who had recently returned from South Africa, has not been infected with the Omicron variant.
As per the UT health department, a 39 year old resident of Sector 36 who had returned from South Africa had tested positive by RT-PCR when he was retested on 29th Nov, 2021. His positive sample was sent to NCDC, New Delhi for Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS). His report was received on Tuesday evening. The variant of concern detected is Delta (B.1.617.2) hence he is NOT infected with Omicron Variant which is prevalent in South Africa.