Omicron patient details
Here are all the details of the two patients provided by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike:
Patient 1
Age: 66 years/ Male
Date of sample collection: November 20, 2021
Place of sample collection: Airport
Report: Positive
Date of Travel: 20/11/2021
From: South Africa (Via Dubai)
Vaccination status: Vaccinated with 2 doses
He travelled from South Africa on November 20 with a negative report and was screened and tested at KIA Bangalore. Upon his arrival, he checked into a hotel and the test reports were positive.
The UPHC doctor visited the hotel for physical triage and found him asymptomatic. He was advised to self-isolate at the hotel.
On November 22, his test samples were collected and sent for genomic sequencing. He took a self-investigation at a private lab the next day and the report was negative. There were 24 primary contacts all are asymptomatic, tested and all reported negative.
UPHC team collected samples of 240 secondary contacts and all tested negative.
He checked out of the hotel on November 27 and took a cab to the airport and took a flight to Dubai.
Patient 2
Age: 46 years / male
Date of sample collection: November 22
Place of sample collection: Hospital
Report: Positive
He developed symptoms of fever and body ache underwent RT-PCR test. His samples were sent for genomic sequencing. He stayed under home quarantine and later got admitted to a hospital. After taking 3 days of treatment he was discharged on November 27.
Among 13 primary contacts, three have tested positive for Covid. Two secondary contacts have also tested positive. All of them are under isolation more
Patient 1
Age: 66 years/ Male
Date of sample collection: November 20, 2021
Place of sample collection: Airport
Report: Positive
Date of Travel: 20/11/2021
From: South Africa (Via Dubai)
Vaccination status: Vaccinated with 2 doses
He travelled from South Africa on November 20 with a negative report and was screened and tested at KIA Bangalore. Upon his arrival, he checked into a hotel and the test reports were positive.
The UPHC doctor visited the hotel for physical triage and found him asymptomatic. He was advised to self-isolate at the hotel.
On November 22, his test samples were collected and sent for genomic sequencing. He took a self-investigation at a private lab the next day and the report was negative. There were 24 primary contacts all are asymptomatic, tested and all reported negative.
UPHC team collected samples of 240 secondary contacts and all tested negative.
He checked out of the hotel on November 27 and took a cab to the airport and took a flight to Dubai.
Patient 2
Age: 46 years / male
Date of sample collection: November 22
Place of sample collection: Hospital
Report: Positive
He developed symptoms of fever and body ache underwent RT-PCR test. His samples were sent for genomic sequencing. He stayed under home quarantine and later got admitted to a hospital. After taking 3 days of treatment he was discharged on November 27.
Among 13 primary contacts, three have tested positive for Covid. Two secondary contacts have also tested positive. All of them are under isolation more
Viewed by 435
I thought it’s 14 days quarantine for a Covid 19 pos case. Why did he leave for SA b4 that? Neg test from a private source is not acceptable for clearing case from quarantine. more
Dec 03
Confirmation of Omicron is only based on the symptoms. Till date no test reveals the presence of this South African Virus. And no one knows its real effect as to how dangerous this virus is. And most important the mist corrupt BBMP just does not have the capacity to deal with this virus more
Dec 03
