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Health officials appeal people to get vaccinated as 2 more Omicron cases detected in Mumbai

Man who arrived from Johannesburg on Nov 25 and friend who returned from US on the same day return positive for new variant

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An airport worker checks passengers’ temperatures to determine whether they are fit enough to be allowed on the plane at the Mumbai International Airport on Monday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

An airport worker checks passengers’ temperatures to determine whether they are fit enough to be allowed on the plane at the Mumbai International Airport on Monday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

Two more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were detected in Mumbai on Monday, taking the state tally to 10. As per the report given by the National Institute of Virology, samples of a 37-year-old man and his 36-year-old friend tested positive for the variant. A state health official said both of them have been admitted to the SevenHills hospital. 

The 37-year-old returned to Mumbai on November 25 from Johannesburg, South Africa and tested positive at the screening in the airport.

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