Telangana village imposes 10-day self-lockdown after man found Omicron positive
India TV NewsHighlights A village in Telangana has self-imposed a 10-day lockdown amid Omicron scare The move came after a resident of village who returned from a Gulf nation tested Omicron positive Total Omicron cases in the state currently stands at 38 Amid Omicron threat and the possibility of another Covid wave in the country, residents in Telangana's Rajanna Sircilla district as a precautionary measure voluntarily imposed a 10-day lockdown after one of the residents in the town who returned from a Gulf country tested positive for Omicron. Meanwhile, 14 more Omicron cases have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of cases of the new coronavirus variant in the State to 38, the State Health Department. Meanwhile, Telangana reported 182 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,80,074, while the death toll rose to 4,017 with one more fatality. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the most number of cases with 91, followed by Hanumakonda district, a bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 PM today.