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Coronavirus Live Updates: Man from Nigeria, family suspected to be hit by Omicron doing fine: TN Health Minister

A 47-year-old man who had arrived from Nigeria and six of his family members tested Covid-19 positive and their tests had S-gene drop raising the suspicion of being infected by Omicron were doing well, Tamil Nadu Minister Ma Subramanian said on Wednesday. The Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said the officials of Greater Chennai Corporation were involved in monitoring the primary and secondary contacts of his family members. Subramanian said the man has received two doses of vaccines and he, along with his family members, were asymptomatic and were ailing from cold, cough and body pain. According to him, the man arrived in Chennai on December 10 via Doha tested positive for Covid-19 during the random RTPCR-sampling test currently undertaken for passengers arriving from non-risk countries. – PTI