INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: Samples of six United Kingdom returnee persons to India have been found to be positive with the new mutated variant genome of
COVID-19 by the labs in NIMHANS-Bengaluru (3 samples), CCMB- Hyderabad (2) and NIV- Pune (1)
respective state governments and their close contacts have also been put under quarantine
These are just the initial results and more cases of mutated virus detection cannot be ruled out.Comprehensive contact tracing also has been
initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others and genome sequencing on other specimens is going on
Genome sequencing of all international passengers who have come to India in between December 9 to 22) and if symptomatic and have tested
India since November 23 are also under close watch and will be now tested in their states
The number of such passengers is about 30,000
The presence of the new UK variant of the virus has also been reported by Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain,
Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore
surveillance, containment, testing and dispatch of samples to designated government labs
In addition, 5 per cent samples of all daily detected COVID-19 positive cases in the states and UTs will be sent for genome
union minister for Civil Aviation Mr Hardeep Singh Puri
The government has announced temporary suspension of all flights coming from the UK from the midnight of December 23 till December 31, 2020
number of COVID-19 cases in the UK is cause for concern for other nations too
However, Principal Scientific Advisor to Prime Minister Prof
The UK variant of virus has travelled to several other countries and also to India, and this variant may have its own run but we have to
One cannot be careless as the major population is still susceptible to COVID-19 infection in this cold weather
He added the states and union territories have been given the freedom to impose night curfews and other restrictions if needed to prevent
daily new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday were less than 17,000 after six months
The daily deaths are also less than 300 after 6 months
