Bengaluru Omicron Patient

The doctor, who had received both doses of the vaccine Covishield, currently has a lung infection, officials told NDTV. He had previously tested positive for Omicron on November 22.

Five contacts of an Omicron patient have turned out to be Covid positive, Karnataka announced today, shortly after the Union health ministry said the first patients of the new Covid variant have been found in the state.

A 66-year-old man who has become one of India's first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant arrived in the country on November 20 and left for Dubai on a flight seven days later, official records showed on Thursday.

The doctor, who had received both doses of the vaccine Covishield, currently has a lung infection, officials told NDTV. He had previously tested positive for Omicron on November 22.

Five contacts of an Omicron patient have turned out to be Covid positive, Karnataka announced today, shortly after the Union health ministry said the first patients of the new Covid variant have been found in the state.

A 66-year-old man who has become one of India's first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant arrived in the country on November 20 and left for Dubai on a flight seven days later, official records showed on Thursday.