Salem district registers 1st Omicron case
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Salem:24.12.2021
The Salem district registered its first Omicron case with a 28-year-old woman from Mullai Nagar in the city testing positive for the infection on Thursday. She has been admitted to the Omicron special ward in the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital (SGMKMCH) for treatment. The doctors said that her condition was stable.
The woman works as a software engineer in the US. The health department personnel at the Chennai international airport collected swab samples from her when she returned on December 13. They kept her in Chennai for four days in isolation though her test results turned negative for the novel coronavirus.
“However, the health department once again collected swab samples from her on December 17 and allowed her to proceed to Salem,” said collector S Karmegam.
She came to Salem in an ambulance and isolated herself in her house till Thursday morning (December 23), when the health department confirmed that she had tested positive for Omicron. She was immediately admitted to the Omicron special ward at SGMKMCH.
Meanwhile, a person who came from New Zealand to the city was admitted to a private hospital on Thursday.
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