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Bengaluru, Dec 2 (PTI) Out of two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus that have been detected in the State, one is a South African national who has left the country after testing negative, while the other is a local person, a Doctor with no travel history, the Karnataka government said on Thursday.
Five contacts of the Doctor have also tested positive and their samples have been sent for genomic sequencing.
According to officials, both the persons who have tested positive for Omicron in Bengaluru city were vaccinated with two doses of COVID vaccine.
"We were waiting for the report for the last two-three days.
Today the Centre has officially said that the samples we had sent for genomic sequencing are confirmed for the new variant.
So two cases of Omicron in the country have been detected in Karnataka.