New UK strain of COVID-19 hits 90 Indians
India
Published: Saturday, January 9, 2021, 14:19 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 09: The number of people infected with the new UK-linked variant of coronavirus has gone up to 90 in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
These 90 cases include the 82 announced by the ministry till Friday. The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 90, the ministry said.
All these persons have been kept in single-room isolation in designated healthcare facilities by respective state governments, the ministry had earlier said.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others, while genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.
ANI | Updated: Jan 07, 2021 18:22 IST
London [UK], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK-linked coronavirus variant, which is much more transmissible than the original one, has been detected in 22 European countries, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said on Thursday. Like all viruses . the COVID-19 virus has changed overtime. I do understand the concern about a possible impact of SARS CoV-2 . 22 counties in the European region have detected this new variant, Kluge said at a briefing.
He admitted that the new variant is spreading faster than other SARS-CoV-2 variants, although it does not seem to be more pathogenic. Kluge also said the new mutation is spreading across all age groups, adding that children are not at high risk.
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