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COVID-19 mutant strain: RT-PCR testing, separate isolation for UK arrivals part of new SOP
The Ministry of health and family welfare s SOP pertains to all those who have travelled from or transited through the UK in the past 4 weeks
BusinessToday.In | December 22, 2020 | Updated 16:19 IST
All passengers travelling from or transiting through airports in the UK and disembarking in India would be subjected to RT-PCR test on arrival. (Photo-Reuters)
The Indian government today issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP) for passengers arriving from the UK in the wake of the emergence of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus.
The SOP mentions RT-PCR testing on arrival, separate isolation of those testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, institutional quarantine for co-passengers of those testing positive.
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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NEW DELHI :
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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