Delhi reported a second case of Omicron, after a fully vaccinated person who had previously traveled to Zimbabwe and South Africa tested positive for a new variant of the coronavirus, which is considered more dangerous and more spread than previous strains.
“The second case of Omicron Variant was reported in Delhi. The person has been fully vaccinated and is from Zimbabwe. The person has also travelled to South Africa,” the news agency ANI quoted on Saturday as led by Arvind Kejriwal. The words of a Delhi government official.
Officials told the news agency PTI that the patient was being treated at LNJP Hospital and was only in weakness.
With the new cases in Delhi, the number of Omicron cases in India has risen to 33. Last Sunday, a 37-year-old vaccinated man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania became the first Omicron patient in the country’s capital. The patient, a resident of Ranchi, traveled from Tanzania to Doha, and then arrived in Delhi from there on a Qatar Airways flight on December 2. So far, Omicron cases have been detected in Maharashtra, the country with the largest number of patients, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Delhi.
According to the health department of Maharashtra, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl and six other people in Maharashtra tested positive for Omicron, bringing the number of infections of the new variant in the state to 17.
The Mumbai authorities have implemented Article 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrCP) on December 11 and 12, and have banned gatherings, demonstrations, and demonstrations following the increasing number of Omicron variant cases. Violators of this order will be punished under Article 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On Friday, the center warned that with the emergence of Omicron, the use of masks across the country has fallen.
NITI Aayog member (health) Dr. VK Paul said that people’s work is at a “dangerous and unacceptable” level and emphasized that masks and vaccines are important for the prevention of coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
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