Highlights
- 9 cases of new variant of Korena virus Omicron found
- The department isolated the people who came in contact by doing contact tracing
Jaipur
In the report of genome sequencing of a family from South Africa in the state, 9 people have been found to be suffering from the new variant of corona, Omicron. Medical Secretary Vaibhav Galaria said that the department had already got the family from South Africa admitted to RUHS. 5 other people who came in contact with him have also been found infected, they are also being admitted to RUHS.
The Secretary said that samples of 34 people who came in contact with him including family from South Africa were taken, out of which 9 people have been found positive with the new variant of corona infection, Omicron, while the remaining 25 people are negative. He told that a family of Ajitgarh in Sikar district had also come in contact with the family. The department also traced all those 8 people in Sikar. All of them have been found corona negative. He said that all the people who came in contact are being sampled by doing contact tracing on a large scale.
Galaria said that the department was fully active only after the family from South Africa came to Jaipur. And they were constantly being monitored. He said that intensive contract tracing is being done by the department. Treatment will be started after identifying all the people who came in contact.
The Medical Secretary has appealed to the general public to strictly follow the Corona-compliant behavior. He said that everyone should wear masks while leaving the house, follow social distancing, keep washing their hands with soap and do not forget to take the dose of corona vaccine. He said that only by behaving with restraint we can avoid an epidemic like corona.
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