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A total of 17 people who arrived from abroad were found COVID positive; genome sequencing of 12 samples done of which 1 was found to be Omicron positive
Patient has been isolated in Loknayak Hospital; providing best possible treatment: Satyendar Jain
India
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New Delhi, December 05, 2021 :
On Sunday morning, Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID has been found in Delhi. He said that the Delhi government is testing all the people coming from the affected countries. So far, 17 Corona positive cases have been found and all these patients have been admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital.
Along with this, 6 people who have come in direct contact with these positive 17 cases have also been admitted to the isolation ward and are under observation and are getting the best possible treatment. Genome sequencing of all 17 people who tested positive was done so that the new variant of ‘Omicron’ could be confirmed in them.
So far, genome sequencing of 12 people has been completed, out of which according to the initial report, 1 person who came from Tanzania has been confirmed to have an Omicron variant. This is the first case of the Omicron variant being found in Delhi.
Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, “People of Delhi should not panic. Omicron is not a new disease but a variant of the Coronavirus itself. Its symptoms are also similar to almost all the last variants. The protocol for its treatment and prevention is also the same as before.
The treatment of the patients of Omicron is also the same as patients of other Corona variants, so there is no need to panic, we just need to be careful. Seeing the cases of Corona decreasing, people were not following COVID-19 appropriate behaviour but now is the time when you need to be more careful. People who have not yet taken the vaccine should get vaccinated as soon as possible.”
He further added, “The Delhi government had completed its preparations even before the arrival of the new Corona variant. To combat this virus, the Delhi government established 40 isolation wards in Loknayak Hospital, with an additional 500 beds ready to go if needed.”
In response to the Central Government’s decision not to halt flights from all countries affected by the Omicron variant, Satyendar Jain stated, “it is very unfortunate. Five new cases have been reported in the country so far. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had written a letter to the Center and appealed to stop the flights coming from these countries for some time. But the Central Government did not do so”.
He further added that “Delhi receives the maximum number of flights from abroad, so Delhi is most at risk from this. The Central Government should accept the demand of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and flights coming from all the countries affected by the Omicron variant should be banned at the earliest”.
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