Maharashtra: Narhe woman, Latur resident found positive for Omicron

PUNE/MUMBAI: Two Dubai returnees, a 39-year-old woman from Narhe and a 33-year-old man from Latur tested positive for the Omicron variant on Monday.
So far, 12 people have tested positive for the Omicron strain of the virus in Pune district. Of them, five have been discharged after the repeat Covid test found them negative for the contagion after a few days of isolations.
The Narhe woman, who is an IT professional, had tested negative for Covid after she arrived from Dubai on December 1.Her repeat Covid test found her Covid positive, following which the sample was sent to the NIV for genomic sequencing.
All of her family members tested negative for Covid. “She is fully vaccinated and has not developed any illness. She has been isolated at a civic-run hospital in Baner as a precautionary measure,” said Dr Sanjeev Wavare, Pune Municipal Corporation’s nodal officer for Covid-19.
The patient from Latur had landed at the Mumbai international airport on December 3, confirmed Dr Hanmant Wadgave, district health officer.
He said the man’s samples were collected for RT-PCR on December 8 and was subsequently found positive. The man had mild symptoms initially but didn’t get tested or report to authorities. The district health officials contacted him as part of their surveillance of all foreign returnees and collected his samples for testing.
Wadgave said the man was immediately admitted to Latur Covid Care Centre after he tested positive. "From the day of his arrival to his testing positive, he had met several people. However, he was always wearing a mask and that’s probably the reason why others didn’t catch the infection," he said. The man’s three high-risk contacts include his two children, who have also tested negative.
As of today, 20 cases of Omicron Variant have been reported in the state, including five from Mumbai, 10 from Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits, two from Pune municipal limits, and one each from Kalyan Dombivali, Nagpur, and Latur. Of these cases, nine have been discharged after a negative RT-PCR test.