UK, South African variants of Covid-19 detected in Ctg
UK, South African variants of Covid-19 detected in Ctg
The second wave of coronavirus infection has hit Bangladesh through mainly the UK and South African variants.
A group of researchers of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) in a study analysed genomic sequence of 10 samples. Of them, UK variant was found in six samples and South African variant in three samples and one Australian variant. But, they did not find any Indian variant.
CVASU prof Paritosh Kumar Biswas, Prof Sharmin Chowdhury, Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Rana, Dr Tridip Das, Dr Pranesh Dutta, Dr M Sirajul Islam and Dr Tanvir Ahmed Nizami conducted the research.