India: The government on Friday said 32 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in India so far and that mostly mild symptoms have been noted in all the cases. Clinically, Omicron is not posing burden on the healthcare system yet, but the vigil has to be maintained, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
At a joint press briefing on the pandemic, the government said 32 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported in India — 10 in Maharashtra, nine in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka, and one in Delhi. “Mainly mild symptoms have been seen in the cases of Omicron variant detected so far,” Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said.
Later in the evening, seven more cases were confirmed in Maharashtra by the state government. Three of them are from Mumbai and one patient is a three-year-old.
Moments later, another case was confirmed in Mumbai’s Dharavi area by the Maharashtra government. The patient is a 49-year-old man who returned from Tanzania on December 4th. He had not taken any taken any vaccine but has been asymptomatic, the government said.
