Dipender Manta Mandi
Tribune News Service
Mandi, December 26
Mandi reported its first case of the Omicron variant on Sunday, an official said.
A woman from Khalyar in Mandi had tested positive for Covid-19 recently after having just arrived from Canada, the sources said. She's been in isolation since.
Her swab samples sent for genome sequencing on December 18 showed the Omicron variant, Director National Health Mission, Shimla, Hemraj Bairwa said.
"However, her tests taken on December 24 came back negative," Bairwa said.
Courtesy: Tribune News Service