Six cases of Indian variant detected in Portugal By TPN/Lusa, in News · 27-04-2021 11:34:00 · 0 Comments Six cases of the Indian variant of covid-19, responsible for an outbreak in India, were detected last week in Portugal, researcher João Paulo Gomes, of the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo announced today (INSA). “In the past week we have detected the first five cases of such a variant that we call Indian, all of which are associated with Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, and which, according to the genetic profile that we have been able to observe, refer to three different introductions of this variant in the country” , said the researcher.