Omicron Variant: Zimbabwe-Returned Man Tests Positive
Bhubaneswar: Recently, eight members of a Jamngar Family had tested Covid positive after two of their family members returned from a family function from Junagad in a State transport vehicle.
A South Africa returnee tested positive for Omicron variant in Gujarat’s Jamnagar on Saturday. The 72-year-old man from Jamnagar, who recently returned from Zimbabwe, has tested positive of Covid-19 yesterday. According to reports, the man is currently being treated at the state-run GG Hospital.
According to Jamnagar municipal commissioner, Vijay Kharadi, three people of Indian origin had returned to Jamnagar from Zimbabwe last week. The test reports of the other two persons are pending. Samples for genome sequencing have been sent to verify the variant. Recently, eight members of a Jamnagar family had tested positive of Covid after two of their family members returned from a marriage function from Junagadh in a state transport vehicle.