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Source: Highlights The first case of COVID-19 infection from the coronavirus variant from South Africa has been detected in Karnataka, the state health department said in its bulletin on Wednesday (March 10). As per results of tests done on international passengers till March 10, one person was tested positive for the South African strain of COVID-19 virus, the health department added. Bengaluru: The first case of COVID-19 infection from the coronavirus variant from South Africa has been detected in Karnataka, the state health department said in its bulletin on Wednesday (March 10). Till March 10, a total of 64 United Kingdom returnees have tested positive during RT-PCR tests. “A total of 26 primary contacts of these 64 people have also tested positive during RT-PCR tests,” the health department said.
Virus In Wastewater: COVID-19 UK Variant Widespread In Houston Treatment Plants KEY POINTS It suggests 'uncontrolled' spread of the variant in the city Authorities are also testing wastewater for other COVID-19 variants Houston authorities have detected a more contagious COVID-19 variant in most of the city's wastewater plants. The B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 31 of 39 of the city's wastewater treatment plants, the Houston Health Department announced Monday in a news release. The samples were collected on Feb. 22 and 19% of them detected the presence of the U.K. variant. This is a significant increase compared to the results of an earlier test, conducted on Feb. 8, which detected the variant in 21 water treatment plants.
The provincial government of Ilocos Norte is conducting a thorough contact tracing to determine the people exposed to a returning overseas Filipino worker who got infected with the new COVID-19 UK variant, 24 Oras News Alert reported Monday.
It was the third variant of coronavirus to be detected in the country, he said, mentioning four different locations from where samples have been tested positive for the new U.K. variant.
UK Covid-19 variant has mutated. According to scientists, although this change may reduce vaccine effectiveness, the current ones in use should still work. The UK has already stepped up measures to control the spread of new variants as urgent testing for the South Africa variant is starting in parts of the country and travel restrictions have been introduced to stop more cases entering from abroad, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Louisiana now has five confirmed cases of the UK COVID-19 variant. Scary stuff, for sure, but we should take this news and understand that it's vital we remain diligent during this pandemic.