A 20-year-old foreign traveler who tested positive for Omicorn variant on Sunday in Chandigarh tested negative for Covid-19 on the same day, said officials. He had arrived from Italy on November 22 and was fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine.
Officials also added that the man's 7 family contacts who had been quarantined and had tested negative earlier were retested for COVID. 5 of them tested positive for Covid-19 after the retest, one tested negative. The officials are awaiting the results of one more family member.
Meanwhile, in Andhra Pradesh, a 34-year old foreign traveler from Ireland has tested positive for the Omicron variant. He had landed at the Mumbai Airport, and upon testing was found negative for Covid-19.
Hence, he was allowed to travel and he came to Vishakhapatnam on November 27. On conducting a re-test at Vizianagaram, the RT-PCR report was found Positive for COVID-19.
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