3 more Omicron cases detected in Bangladesh

Three new cases of Covid-19 Omicron variant were reported in the country today.

With this, the total number of confirmed Omicron variant cases in Bangladesh went up to 10, according to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) -- a Germany based web database.

The new patients infected with Omicron include two females, aged 49 and 65, while another was a 65-year-old male.

All of them were from Dhaka, according to the data submitted by Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi) in Dhaka.

ideSHi collected the Nasopharyngeal swabs from these patients on Monday through active surveillance.