Two more Omicron cases reported in Telangana

Two more Omicron cases have been reported in Telangana, taking total number of cases of new coronavirus variant recorded at city's international airport to nine, a health official said on Friday.

nine includes a boy from West Bengal who flew to Kolkata with his family members without entering city after his samples were collected at international airport.

Observing that all eight cases in state were passengers who arrived from abro, state Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao said neir community transmission nor locals testing positive for Omicron occurred in Telangana so far.

One of positive cases is a woman who came from UK and belongs to Hanumakonda at Warangal in Telangana.

She h tested negative in test conducted at Hyderab airport, but found positive for COVID-19 when tested after eight days of home quarantine.

Genome sequencing of samples collected from her revealed her to be positive for Omicron, official said.

Telangana government is fully geared up to deal with a third wave if it occurs, he said.

government has me arrangements to treat over 60,000 patients at same time in state.

He appealed to people not to panic over Omicron as treatment protocols and ors remain same.

He stressed on importance of vaccination and following COVID-appropriate behaviour to effectively deal with virus.