Meerut: Amid reports of several foreign nationals becoming untraceable after landing in India, Chief medical officer of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, Dr Akhilesh Mohan said some foreign nationals have given wrong mobile numbers and addresses to the administration. At least 13 out of 297 foreign returnees have done this, Dr Mohan told news agency ANI. The chief medical officer further said the details that the foreign nationals have provided to the administration have been given to LIU (Local Intelligence Unit) to find out their whereabouts.
“13 out of 297 foreign returnees have given wrong mobile numbers and addresses to the administration. The details that they provided to us have been given to LIU (Local Intelligence Unit) to find out their whereabouts,” he was quoted as saying by the news agency.
#Omicron | 13 out of 297 foreign returnees have given wrong mobile numbers & addresses to the administration. The details that they provided to us have been given to LIU (Local Intelligence Unit) to find out their whereabouts: Meerut CMO Dr Akhilesh Mohan (03.12) pic.twitter.com/09qBpm7ZED
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Two Omicron cases have been confirmed in India while several suspected samples have been submitted for genome sequencing. The first Omicron case was also a South African national who flew to Dubai after testing Covid negative within days of testing positive.
The Karnataka government has already ordered a probe into the first case of Omicron in the state as well as the country as the South African national travelled to Dubai within a week after testing positive. According to reports, he tested negative at a private testing facility which has now come on the radar of the government. However, all his primary and secondary contacts have tested negative.
Omicron has potential to create third wave in India
Amid increasing concern over the new Omicron variant, India’s top genome sequencing expert on Friday made an alarming claim saying the mutant strain has all the potential to create a third wave of COVID-19 in the country.
Giving details to news portals, Anurag Agrawal, Director at CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, said the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has all the features of the type of variant that would create a 3rd wave. However, he added that the variant has a very powerful immune escape from all the data that are being seen today
