Jaipur: Nine people have tested positive for Omicron in Jaipur. Four of them are South Africa returnees and two are children, aged 7 and 12 years, whereas the 5 others were in contact with the family.
Medical secretary Vaibhav Galaria said, “The department had already got the family admitted to the hospital. Five other people who came in contact with them have also been found infected and are being hospitalised.”
The secretary said samples of 34 people, including those of the family which had returned from South Africa, were taken; of them, 9 have tested positive for the new variant, while the 25 others were negative.
He said a family of Ajitgarh in Sikar district of Rajasthan had also come in contact with the family. The department traced all the 8 family members in Sikar, who have tested Covid negative.
Notably, a 71-year-old person tested positive for Covid-19 in Jaipur on Thursday. When the state health department conducted contact tracing, 4 of his relatives who had returned from South Africa on November 25 also tested positive. Two of them are children aged 7 and 12 years. The South Africa returnees arrived in Jaipur with a Covid-19 negative report via Dubai. Two of the four adults are fully vaccinated.
