Lucknow. The Omicron variant of Corona has knocked in Uttar Pradesh. Two patients were found infected with this virus in Ghaziabad. Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health Amit Mohan Prasad said that vigilance has been increased after receiving two cases. He said that the husband and wife living in Nehrunagar, Ghaziabad, returned after traveling to Maharashtra recently. On coming here he got fever. On examination, they were found infected with the corona virus. The samples of both were sent to Lucknow for genome sequencing. The Omicron variant has been confirmed in both when the report came on Friday.
So far, samples of 89 people who have returned to Uttar Pradesh from Omicron affected states and abroad have been sent for genome sequencing. Reports of 46 samples have been received in this and Omicron has been found in two so far. The Health Department has become fully alert after getting Omicron infected. Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health Amit Mohan Prasad said that after two patients were found in Ghaziabad, instructions have been given to speed up the corona investigation. People who came in contact with these two Omicron infected patients are also being tested for corona. Already, people coming from outside are being strictly screened at the airport, railway and bus station. Samples of such people who are found infected are being sent for genome sequencing.
Uttar Pradesh State Surveillance Officer Dr. Vikasendu Agrawal says that special vigil is being kept on people coming from Omicron variant affected states and other countries. So far, samples of 89 people have been sent for genome sequencing in three phases in the state. In the first phase, in the investigation of 22 samples, the delta variant was found in 21 samples. Now the report of 24 samples sent in the second phase has come and the Omicron variant has been confirmed in two people. The results of 43 samples are yet to come.
The whole world is worried about the new variant of the corona virus, Omicron. The first case was found in India on 2 December. Now there have been more than 100 cases in the country. The government has also warned people not to take the Omicron variant lightly. Even though mild symptoms are seen in those infected with it, but it is rapidly taking people in its grip. The country has now confirmed 102 of its infected in 12 states and union territories. These include 32 in Maharashtra, 22 in Delhi, 17 in Rajasthan, eight each in Karnataka and Telangana, five each in Gujarat and Kerala, two in Uttar Pradesh and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu and Bengal. Most of them are travelers coming from abroad and people who came in contact with them.
There is an atmosphere of panic in the whole world regarding the new variant of Corona. This variant was first found in South Africa. Since the discovery of this variant, most people agree that this variant is highly contagious. But, so far experts are not able to tell much about how deadly it is. A research has revealed that the variant spreads 70 times faster than the variant delta of the corona and is highly contagious. But, it does not cause as much damage to the lungs as the delta variant does.
22 new corona infected patients were found: In Uttar Pradesh, in the last 24 hours, in the investigation of 1.78 lakh people, 22 new corona infected have been found. In this, six patients have been found in Gautam Budh Nagar and Muzaffarnagar, two each in Ghazipur and Lucknow and one each in Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Sonbhadra, Deoria, Bijnor and Shahjahanpur. Earlier, on December 4, 27 patients and on December 5, 29 patients were found. Now the active cases have increased to 164.
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