By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state reported 9 extra Omicron instances on Wednesday. The an infection was detected in six individuals who landed in Ernakulam and three in Thiruvananthapuram. The state has confirmed Omicron in 24 individuals to date.
Two individuals from United Kingdom aged 18 and 47, a 43-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy from Tanzania, 44 -year-old girl from Ghana and 26-year-old girl from Ireland had landed in Kochi. In Thiruvananthapuram, the instances had been detected in a pair aged 54 and 52 and a 51-year-old girl from Nigeria.
All these contaminated who landed at Ernakulam airport on December 18 and 19 examined constructive on arrival. They had been taken to the hospital quarantine from the airport and their contact record doesn’t embrace individuals from outdoors, stated well being minister Veena George.
The couple who landed at Thiruvananthapuram on December 10 examined constructive every week later. Their two youngsters are included within the main contact record.
The samples of all of the 9 had been examined for Omicron at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) in Thiruvananthapuram.