No Omicron case detected in India so far, keeping strict vigil: Health Minister in parliament

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that so far no case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in India. He said that the government is checking suspicious cases and conducting genome sequencing to detect the possibility of the infection. Earlier today, the Centre said that the Omicron variant doesn't escape RTPCR and RAT and asked the states to ramp up testing for prompt and early identification of any cases.