Separate isolation area for Omicron positive patients must: Health Ministry

Asks state depts to ensure no cross infection takes place and adequate precautions are taken by healthcare workers to prevent transmission between them and patients

The health ministry has directed all states to ensure that all Omicron positive cases have to be treated in designated Covid facilities with a separate isolation area marked only for patients with the new variant.

Health ministry has asked state departments to ensure that no cross infection takes place and adequate precautions are taken by the healthcare workers to prevent transmission between them and other patients.

India has detected 23 Omicron positive patients in Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka and Rajasthan. Delhi has been isolating its suspected Omicron cases along with one patient who tested positive at the Lok Nayak Hospital.

In Mumbai, similarly such