9 people test positive for Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Jaipur
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9 people test positive for Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Jaipur

Those infected include four members of a family who had recently returned from South Africa and five others.

   
Representational image of a doctor being vaccinated for Covid-19 in Ajmer | Photo: ANI

Representational image. | A doctor being vaccinated for Covid-19 in Ajmer | Photo: ANI

Jaipur: Four members of a family and five others have tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus, an official said here on Sunday.

Health Secretary Vaibhav Galriya said the genome sequencing of their swab samples confirmed it.

He said the family members had recently returned from South Africa.

Their samples were sent for genome sequencing to Jaipur’s state-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital.


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