Mumbai showed that only two of them were infected with the new Omicron variant, while nearly 89% had the Delta derivative and 11% the Delta variant, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a release on Thursday. “The overall results of the test make it clear the Covid-19 outbreak in Mumbai is completely under control as a result of vaccination, but, in the light of warnings by experts on the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, people must ensure they adhere to pandemic protocols like wearing masks, following hand hygiene and maintaining social distancing," the release said.
It said that this was the fifth batch of samples sent for genome sequencing, and none of the patients from whom the samples were collected was