One case of a BF.7.4 infection, the new Omicron sub-variant, is learnt to have been reported in Bengaluru. However, State Health Commissioner Randeep D said there is no official confirmation about this as yet.
Sources told The Hindu that the sample of a 34-year-old software engineer, who came from Germany in the first week of December, has been found to have the BF.7.4 sub-variant through whole genome sequencing. He was asymptomatic on arrival and developed symptoms after three days. He tested positive and went into home isolation, and subsequently recovered. He is three-dose vaccinated, sources said.
Sources said there is no need to panic all his family members and other contacts have tested negative.
Meanwhile, after over six months, a severe COVID-19 case has been admitted to the ICU of Manipal Hospital in Yeshwanthpur. The patient, a 65-year-old woman, also has comorbidities. Hospital authorities, who confirmed that the patient has been admitted in the ICU, refused to divulge more details. She had no foreign travel history.
COMMents
SHARE