4 COVID-19 variants circulate in Kyrgyzstan AKIPRESS.COM - UK, Indian (new), South African (old), Russian variants of COVID-19 circulate in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Health and Social Development reported on April 22. In-depth phylogenetic study to identify varieties of COVID-19 strains among infected people in Kyrgyzstan was conducted by the Reference Laboratory of the World Health Organization and the State Scientific Center of Virology and Epidemiology "VECTOR" (Novosibirsk). All samples were sent to the laboratories on March 26. Related content