Odisha: 246 Foreign Returnees Found Positive, ‘Genome Sequencing To Reveal Presence Of Omicron’

As many as 246 persons out of the total number of travelers who returned to Odisha from other countries after November 24 have tested positive for Covid-19. Sharing this major update, Director of ILS Bhubaneswar, Ajay Parida informed that the institute has received these positive samples for genome sequencing to detect presence of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant.