As many as 12 patients suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 ‘Omicron’ variant have been admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital in Delhi so far, Economic Times quoting sources reported.
The first cases of Omicron variant in India have been confirmed in two individuals in Karnataka. One of them was a South African national, and has already left the country.
Omicron has termed as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation even as countries have ramped up facilities to fight the Covid variant.