Pune: Amidst the panic in many countries of the dangerous variant of Coronavirus, Omicron, good news has come out from Maharashtra. In the Omicron case that surfaced in Pune, Maharashtra, the report of a person who was confirmed with the virus has come negative. ANI reported that, Dr. Sanjeev Vavre, Assistant Medical Officer, Pune Municipal Corporation has told that the first Omicron patient of Pune city has tested negative for his RT-PCR test. Now she is all set to go back to her home.
Let us tell you that the new variant of Corona in Maharashtra, Omicron, has increased the concern of the government. The government has intensified preparations to deal with Omicron. It is a matter of relief that there is a steady decline in new cases of corona in Mumbai. Talking about the last 7 days, there has been a decline of about 4 percent. Also, most of the cases that are being registered are asymptomatic.
First #Omicron patient of Pune city has tested negative in his RT-PCR test and is all set to go home today: Dr Sanjeev Wavare, assistant medical officer of Pune Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra #COVID19
– ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021
It is being told that so far the Omicron variant of Corona has knocked in more than 50 countries of the world. Apart from India, patients of this virus have been found in some Asian countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of further spread of Omicron. WHO has described it as a variant of concern.
A person infected with this variant was first identified in South Africa. The B.1.1.529 variant of the COVID-19 virus was identified in South Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday classified this pattern as a ‘concern-raising nature’. The world body has named this form of the virus ‘Omicron’. The virus was first reported on 24 November in South Africa.
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Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the cases of COVID-19 in South Africa. In South Africa on Thursday, about 20,000 cases of infection have been reported in the last 24 hours, most of which were of infection with the new form of the virus, Omicron Variant.