Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’ Brien on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and moderate symptoms.
Brien, who is TMC Rajya Sabha party leader, requested those who have come in contact with him in the last three days and have symptoms to seek medical advice.
The TMC leader who is presently at home isolation said that he always remained “ultra-careful” yet contracted the virus.
“Have tested positive for #COVID Moderate symptoms. Isolating at home. If you have come into contact with me in the last three days, and have symptoms, please seek medical advice. (Was always ultra-careful. Yet.),” he wrote on Twitter.
Senior TMC leader and party’s national vice president Luizinho Faleiro has also tested positive for the COVID-19 infection.
The rising cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which is more transmissible than the Delta strain, have triggered an alarm across the country.
So far, the country has reported over 650 cases of the new strain of coronavirus across 21 states and Union territories, of which more than 180 people have been discharged from hospitals.
The Delta strain was responsible for the deadly second wave of infections in the country in April-May this year when lakhs of people succumbed to the disease and the healthcare system was pushed to the verge of collapse.
Meanwhile, India reported a single-day rise of 6,358 new COVID-19 infections, 293 fatalities on Tuesday that push country’s tally of cases to 3,47,99,691 and death toll to 4,80,290.
