Maharashtra Omicron patient stable, responding well to treatment: Official

The 33yearold man from Maharashtras Thane district who had tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus is in a stable condition and is responding well to the medical treatment a senior health official said on SundayThe marine engineer is currently undergoing treatment at a Covid19 care centre in Kalyan town located about 50 km from the state capital MumbaiSamples of six other people who tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in KalyanDombivli area of Thane district from different countries have been sent for genome sequencing and the results are awaited another official saidThe marine engineer a resident of Dombivli town arrived in Delhi from South Africa on November 23 and had given his samples for Covid19 testing at the Delhi airport He had then taken a flight to Mumbai sources earlier saidAlso read Thane marine engineer first detected for Omicron was on ship since April KDMC officialHe is stable and responding well to treatment deputy director of health services Mumbai circle Dr Gauri Rathod told PTIThe patient will continue to be treated at the Covid19 care centre in Kalyan and will not be shifted elsewhere she saidHe will undergo the treatment protocol as prescribed for the Omicron variant for 14 days the official saidBesides this patient six other people who had travelled from different countries to the KalyanDombivli area have tested positive for the coronavirus and are kept in isolation Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporations epidemic cell chief Dr Pratibha Panpatil saidThey include four from Nigeria and one each from Russia and NepalTheir samples have been sent for genome sequencing and the results will be known in the coming days Dr Panpatil saidThe condition of all the six is stable They are asymptomatic and none of them had come from highrisk countries she addedCases of the Omicron variant have also been detected in Karnataka Gujarat and DelhiAccording to the Centre the countries designated as atrisk are European countries including the UK and South Africa Brazil Botswana China Mauritius New Zealand Zimbabwe Singapore Hong Kong and IsraelUnder the new norms RTPCR tests are mandatory for passengers arriving from the atrisk countries and they will be allowed to leave the airport only after the results comeAlso two per cent of the passengers arriving by flights from other countries will be subjected to the test randomlyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever