SIX air travellers who tested positive for Covid-19 recently were found to be infected with the delta variant, which is already in Tamil Nadu.
The samples of these travellers were sent to the State Public Health Laboratory at the DMS campus for genome sequencing to know if they were infected with the Omicron variant. The results showed they were infected with the delta variant, but the Health Department has sent the samples to InStem in Bengaluru for reconfirmation, said Health Minister Ma Subramanian. He added that results will be known in two or three days.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Subramanian said it has been confirmed that there is no Omicron case in Tamil Nadu yet.
Meanwhile, on Monday, a 61year-old man who travelled from Singapore to Tiruchy, tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of air travellers testing positive for the infection to seven. "The seventh traveller had no symptoms and so was sent for home isolation in Kumbakonam," the minister said.
This story is from the December 07, 2021 edition of The New Indian Express.
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