Nagpur reports first Omicron case; Maharashtra tally reaches 18

All his contacts have tested negative for the infection,

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A 40-year old man from the orange city of Nagpur, who recently travelled to South Africa has tested positive for the Covid-19 variant Omicron phasing the tally of Maharashtra up to 18.

Nagpur is the third place in the state where the variant was found after the Mumbai and Pune metropolitan regions.

The man arrived from South Africa on 5 December and his report tested for Omicron positive, according to the lab test done at the Pune-based National Institute of Virology.

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He has shown mild symptoms and is admitted to AIIMS in Nagpur.

Thirty close contacts were traced and tested and all of them were negative.

The patient had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 in April 2021 during the second wave - and has not been vaccinated.

As of date, the state had a total of 18 Omicron cases of which nine have recovered and their tests have been RT-PCR negative.

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