West Bengal reported its first case of Omicron as a seven-year-old boy tested positive for the coronavirus variant in the state's Malda, officials said.

The seven-year-old had arrived at Hyderabad from Abu Dhabi, one of the non-high-risk countries on December 11, and then arrived at Kolkata on the same day before going to Malda. He was found positive at Hyderabad and his sample was sent for genome sequencing.