Maha: RT-PCR test will now cost `350

Mumbai, Dec. 6: Two fresh cases of omicron variant of coronavirus have been found in Mumbai taking the total number of cases to 10 in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, on the backdrop of growing threat of the new variant, the state government has slashed the RT-PCR test rate in private labs to `350.

According to state officials, a 37-year-old man who had come from Johannesburg, South Africa on November 25 and his 36-year-old US returnee friend have been detected with omicron variant.

Both patients have a history of international travel and are fully vaccinated.