Three members of a family in Haryana reported Omicron positive

Three members of a family in Yamuna Nagar of Haryana are tested positive for Omicron, new variant of Covid-19. Samples of all the three have been sent for Genome Sequencing on December 20. The report which came on Monday confirmed they are Omicron positive. All three members had returned from The Netherlands recently.

Yamunanagar: Three members of a family here in Haryana have been detected with Covid-19 new Omicron Variant. The Omicron positive people are identified as a 30-year-old man, his 31-year-old wife and his 33-year-old sister who returned from the Netherlands recently.

As part of a routine process, Covid 19 test was conducted on them, and on 19 December they all came positive. After which their samples were sent to a Delhi based lab for genome sequencing. The report which came on Monday confirmed the presence of the new variant

Yamunanagar administration is continuously monitoring people returning from high-risk countries. They are being kept in quarantine for seven days and an RT-PCR test is being done compulsorily on the eighth day.

In view of the emergence of Omicron cases, the Haryana government has already imposed a night curfew and restrictions on gatherings from Saturday. The government has also said people eligible for vaccination but are not fully vaccinated will be banned from entering malls, cinema halls, restaurants and grain markets, among other crowded places, from January 1.

Meanwhile, the state reported 85 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 61 in Gurugram alone taking the total case count in the state to 7,72,633 while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,062.