Srinagar: Ten cases of Omicron were detected in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 48 hours, officials said.
A top health official said that the first case of Omicron was detected in Kashmir on Monday while four more were detected today.
He said that three of the five detected cases include three non-local travellers whose samples were taken in Anantnag and they have already returned back.
One person from Shopian and a pregnant woman from Uri, who were detected positive for Omicron, are stable and have recovered as well, he said.
“Robust teams are working to trace contact of the two persons who have been tested positive for Omicron,” the official said.
He said that teams are working to find out with whom people have met since a person tested positive for COVID and later Omicron.
While giving details of cases, he said that three tourists whose samples were detected positive for Omicron include a 19-year -old male and a 22-year-old female from Maharashtra, and a 40-year-old male from Gujarat, and their samples were taken from 22 December and 26 December respectively.
He said that a sample of a pregnant woman from Dhani Syden, Baramulla was taken on December 20, while details of a person from Shopian, detected positive for Omicron on Monday, were not known.
Dr Shashi Sudan Principal GMC Jammu said that five fresh cases of omicron were detected in Jammu division on Tuesday whose samples were taken last month.
Officials said that one of them belongs to Channi Himmat Jammu and another is from Canal road Jammu.
It is pertinent to mention that earlier three cases of Omicron were detected in Jammu including two women from Saraswati Vihar in Talab Tillo Bohri and a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya Bantalab, however, all three patients have already recovered. (KNO)
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