Corona test of two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka Positive for the omicron strain.

According to government officials, one of them is a 66-year-old South African national who traveled to India from there and has now left India.

The second is a 46-year-old doctor in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru who has no travel history

These are the first cases of the new Omicron strain being reported in India
The World Health Organization has warned that the omicron strain is very dangerous and spreads quickly.