Three foreign returnees in the state tested positive for COVID-19, an Omicron panic has spread the Northeast state of Manipur.

Two of the three people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Manipur had recently returned from the Netherlands, while the third had recently returned from Canada. The Netherlands went into lockdown on Saturday to deter the Omicron form from spreading during Christmas celebrations. Meanwhile, all three foreign returnees are from Manipur's Imphal West region.

They landed in the country on Sunday at Imphal's Bir Tikendrajit International Airport. The Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) Hospital has admitted all three people. Meanwhile, the three COVID patients' samples will be sent for genome sequencing to see if they've been infected with the Omicron variant. According to the health ministry, at least 200 cases of the new Omicron type have been reported in India so far.

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