Karnataka on Thursday, said state health minister K Sudhakar. "Five more cases of Omicron have been detected in Karnataka today: 19 yr male returning from UK, 36 yr male returning from Delhi, 70 yr female returning from Delhi, 52 yr male returning from Nigeria, 33 yr male returning from South Africa," Sudhakar tweeted.
All the patients were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with the Covishield vaccine, according to the state health department.
The country's first two Omicron cases – a South African national who has left the country and a local doctor with no travel history – were detected in Karnataka on 2 December.