A man that has travelled from Zambia to Pune, has tested positive for Covid-19. He had come back to Mumbai on November 20 and travelled to Pune by taxi.
The patient’s sample has been sent for genome sequencing and the report on the same is awaited.
Pune Municipal Corporation had conducted RT-PCR tests of his family members and the driver who travelled with him from Mumbai to Pune. All of them have tested negative.
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The Covid-19 patient who tested positive is around 60 years and is stable, asymptomatic and in home isolation for now.
ISTIndia is on high alert as various countries report Omicron COVID-19 variant cases, with both the Centre and state governments announcing new travel guidelines. 16 nations have so far reported confirmed or suspected cases of the new strain.
Meanwhile, vaccine makers such as Russia’s Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Pfizer say that they have started working on new versions of their COVID-19 jabs to combat Omicron.
(With inputs from agencies)