Omicron: 3rd case in city, 38 in India

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Bengaluru has one more confi rmed Omicron case, bringing the state’s tally to three. A 34-yearold man, who tested positive for the Omicron variant on Saturday was tested at the airport when he returned from South Africa. Worryingly, he tested negative for Covid-19 when he arrived at KIA and was sent home. A few days later, he developed symptoms like a sore throat and fatigue and upon re-taking the RT-PCR, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The BBMP sent his sample for genome sequencing and results arrived on December 11, confi rming that he had tested positive for the Omicron variant. The state Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. K. Sudhakar, confi rmed the developments on his twitter account. “He (the patient) is isolated and being treated at a government hospital”.