Bengaluru, Nov 30 (UNI) The ICMR report on the sample of one of the two Covid-infected South African nationals is expected in the next 2-3 days which will reveal the variant the patient is suffering from, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.
The other South African patient has been tested Delta variant positive, he said. However, both South Africans are asymptomatic, but as a precautionary measure they have been admitted to the hospital, the minister said.
"The sample of one of the two infected South Africans has confirmed Delta positive, but the sample report of the other patient is awaited. It is assumed, not confirmed, that the person has been infected with a different variant. We have sent the case to the Indian Council for Medical Research. It may take another two to three days for the report to arrive," Dr Sudhakar told reporters here.