Karnataka anaesthetist with Omicron tests positive again
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru doctor, one of the two earliest cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 to be detected in the country, has tested positive for the virus again, while the other, a South African national who flew out of here without informing the authorities, has been booked by the police.
The South African, of Gujarati origin, who was quarantined here, later flew to Dubai.
"It is true that the doctor who was infected with Omicron variant has once again tested positive for covid-19," a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike official told PTI.
Requesting anonymity, the official added that the doctor is under isolation, but was asymptomatic.
The doctor had tested positive on November 22, and he was confirmed to be diagnosed with the omicron variant after genome sequencing. His RT-PCR test was last conducted on November 29 and when he was subjected to the test again as per health ministry guidelines, he remained positive, reports The Indian Express.
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