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10 infections reported in last 24 hours take JK’s Omicron tally to 23

A COVID positive patient being monitored at Healthcare centre in Srinagar. [FPK Photo/Zainab.]

Srinagar: Ten more cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir taking the overall tally to 23, official sources said on Thursday.

They said that 10 more Omicron cases were reported in JK in the last 24 hours taking the total tally to 23.

“Out of 23 cases six have been discharged, recovered, migrated,” they said. The further details of the new cases will be shared later, they said.

A new variant of COVID was first reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) from South Africa on 25 November. As per the WHO, the first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen collected on 9 November this year.

On 26 November, the WHO named the new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529 as ‘Omicron’. The WHO has classified Omicron as a ‘variant of concern’.

To deal with this, several countries have imposed travel restrictions and local lockdown. India has added several countries to the “at-risk” list from where travellers would need to follow additional measures on arrival in the country, including post-arrival testing for infection.

It is pertinent to mention that on December 21, 2021, Jammu and Kashmir reported the first three cases of Omicron. Earlier this week, Jammu and Kashmir reported 10 cases, with five each from Jammu and Kashmir division. Out of 10 cases, three were non-local travellers. (KDC)

 

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