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Chandigarh, Nov 29 (PTI) A 39-year-old Chandigarh resident who returned from South Africa has been home quarantined even as the authorities here on Monday dismissed as “rumours” anyone having tested positive for the new Covid variant “Omicron”.
“A 39-year-old male resident of Sector 36 had returned from South Africa on November 21.
He was RT-PCR negative on his arrival at the airport.
He was quarantined at home on his arrival in Chandigarh,” an official statement said here.
It further said another RT-PCR test has been conducted on November 29.
The B.1.1.529 Covid variant or Omicron, first detected in South Africa last week, was designated by the World Health Organisation as a “variant of concern”, the health body"s top category for worrying coronavirus variants.