JAIPUR : Nine members of a family, in Jaipur, tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing, confirmed Rajasthan authorities.
Results come days after four of them returned from South Africa, putting the Health Department on alert amid concerns over the "Omicron" variant of the infection.
Those who returned from South Africa have been admitted to the hospital of the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) and swab samples of all nine people have been sent for genome sequencing to Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Hospital, a health official said.
Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Narottam Sharma said 14 samples were taken for testing from the family, nine of which tested positive for the infection.