A 32-year-old man who tested COVID-19 positive in Maharashtra's Thane after returning from South Africa has been kept in isolation at a civic COVID-19 care centre. His sample has been sent for genome sequencing amid concerns over the potentially more transmissible new Omicron variant, an official said. WHO has declared the new COVID-19 strain to be a 'Variant of Concern'.
A 32-year-old man who tested COVID-19 positive in Maharashtra's Thane after returning from South Africa has been kept in isolation at a civic COVID-19 care centre. His sample has been sent for genome sequencing amid concerns over the potentially more transmissible new Omicron variant, an official said. WHO has declared the new COVID-19 strain to be a 'Variant of Concern'.