Mahesana: The fifth case of Omicron variant in the state is reported in a village in Mehsana.

A 43-year old female in Pilvai village of Vijapur in Mehsana district has tested positive for the Omicron variant. It is the first case of Omicron variant in Mehsana district. The female and her mother-in-law had tested positive for covid-19 six days ago following which they were home quarantined. Later, the 43-year old female tested positive for Omicron variant after her samples were sent to Gandhinagar.

She is under treatment at Vadnagar medical college at present. There is no travel history of the female. However, several relatives had visited her home for the funeral of her husband after his death. Some family members had arrived there from Zimbabwe. Though they had tested negative even after testing thrice.

Additional Chief Secretary of Health Manoj Aggarwal said, “We are conducting contact tracing to find out how she got infected. We have finished contact tracing of over 30 people and we are also doing it further. Out of them, her mother-in-law tested positive and she is isolated. Still, the Omicron variant isn’t found as the sample is sent for genome sequencing. Along with that, one positive case is reported in their neighborhood in a ‘dhobi’ family. Their sample is taken and they are isolated. We have also sent their sample for genome sequencing. Thus, how it is transmitted will be found out through the contact tracing.”

The 3 cases of Omicron variant were reported in Jamnagar and 1 case in Surat in the state. Of them,the Surat person has now tested negative. DeshGujarat