<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Health and Medical Education minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has said that Omicron virus variant in the passenger who arrived from South Africa to Bengaluru is yet to be confirmed.<br />''<br />''Speaking to media persons in Bengaluru today, the Minister said that the 63-year old man is tested and by this evening, it will be confirmed whether he carries the Omicron variant. Dr. Sudhakar said that according to the information passed on to him personally by the Doctors in South Africa, the new Omicron variant is not as virulent as the Delta variant.<br />''<br />''People with this new type of virus have nausea, giddiness, vomiting sensation and high pulse rate. He, however, added that a report on this new variant is being awaited from ICMR. He called upon people to get their second dose of vaccine at the earliest. Nearly 45 lakh people are yet to take the second dose in the state.<br />''<br />''There is 90 per cent coverage of the first dose, but only 57 percent of the eligible population has taken the second dose.</span><br />