4th case of Omicron variant confirms in India: 33 years old man tested positive after returning from Africa

Mumbai, December 04: In a amid of a new variant of covid-19 virus, today India’s has confirmed yet another Omicron case, making this the fourth case of the COVID-19 variant in India.

The fourth case is of a 33-year-old man from Maharashtra who travelled to Mumbai from South Africa via Dubai, Delhi and was found positive. This is the first case of the variant in Maharashtra.

A 33-year-old person from Kalyan-Dombivli who recently returned from South Africa found positive for #Omicron variant of #COVID19: State Health Department

This is the first case of the variant in Maharashtra and the fourth in the country.

— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2021

“Man, who returned from foreign country, to Kalyan Dombivali municipal area near Mumbai, tests positive for Omicron variant of corona-virus“, said Dr Archana Patil, Maharashtra health department director.

The 33-year-old man had arrived in Delhi on November 23 and had given his samples for COVID-19 testing at the Delhi airport. He had then taken a flight to Mumbai, official sources said in Delhi,as reported by PTI.

Initial evidence suggests Omicron has a higher re-infection risk. But scientists say it will take another three weeks to know how the heavily mutated variant impacts the effectiveness of various vaccines.