Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday late night found the US returned man infected by the new variant ‘Omicron’. As per the information, a 29-year-old man who found positive had already taken three doses of Pfizer.
The BMC said the man has no symptoms, adding that he had taken three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. This raised the tally of Omicron patients found in the country’s financial capital to 15, including five who are from outside Mumbai, but 13 of these patients have already been discharged from hospitals.
In fact, none of the 15 Omicron patients found in the city so far has reported severe symptoms, the BMC said. The tally of Omicron patients in Maharashtra has reached 40.
“The patient has been admitted to a hospital as a precautionary measure and he has no symptoms,” the civic body said in a release.
However, all states of the country are on standby mode, and ready to fight the situation if cases of covid-19 are arising.
The Central government on Friday warned the people of India to stay safe and alert, The Government of India appealed to the people of the nation to follow the guidelines and informed them that Covid-19 is not over yet.
The Central government on Friday warned that if a UK-like situation arises in India, the country could see as many as 14 lakh cases of Omicron variant per day.
(_Vinayak Barot)