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Pune, Dec 2 (PTI) A person, who recently returned from Nigeria to Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune city, has tested COVID-19 positive along with two others who came in contact, and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to confirm whether they were infected with the new Omicron variant detected in Africa, a health official said on Thursday.
The person returned to Pimpri Chinchwad on November 25, he said.
"Following the passenger"s return from Nigeria, a test was conducted and the report came out positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
After contact tracing, two persons who had come in contact with that passenger also tested positive for the infection.
All three samples have been sent for genome sequencing," the medical officer of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) said.
With this, a total of three persons who returned from Nigeria and their three contacts have tested coronavirus positive within a week, he said.