Govt issues SOPs for infected travellers arriving from Britain
States have been asked to ramp up testing of those who arrived in the past month.
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The government on Tuesday issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP), wherein it will conduct genome sequencing of covid-19 positive passengers arriving from UK since Monday to determine whether they have been infected by the more transmissible new strain of the novel coronavirus found in the country.
Under the SOP, samples of patients who have arrived from or transited through UK between Monday and Wednesday will be sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune or any other appropriate lab for genomic sequencing.
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Passengers coming from the UK should undergo RT-PCR test and be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility if found positive, stated the Health Ministry s standard operating procedure issued on Tuesday in view of the new variant of coronavirus detected there. India has suspended all passenger flights connecting the United Kingdom from Wednesday till December 31 or till further orders in the wake of the emergence of a mutated strain of the virus there, joining several other countries that have imposed a similar flight ban.
Health minister says no need to panic over new coronavirus strain The only thing I would say is that these are currently all imaginary situations, and please do not get tangled in the imaginary panic, Health minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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Health minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday called the situation created by discovery of the new strain of novel coronavirus in the UK as “imaginary” and said that there is no need to panic as the government is closely monitoring the situation.
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New Delhi: Health minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday called the situation created by discovery of the new strain of novel coronavirus in the UK as “imaginary and said that there is no need to panic right now as the government is closely monitoring the situation.
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NEW DELHI: The new strain of Coronavirud found in the United Kingdom has not been seen in India, so far, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Haven t detected any significant mutation yet in coronavirus strain in India, the health ministry informed adding that there is no cause of concern as of now. Mutated SARS-CoV-2 strain detected in UK has increased transmissibility but this mutation isn t affecting disease severity, case fatality, the health ministry said in a press briefing.
Earlier today, the government issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for people who have recently traveled to the UK. The ministry in its statement also warned that the changes in the spike protein of the virus may result in the virus becoming more infectious and spreading more easily between people.