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6 UK returnees' samples including 3 in Bengaluru carry mutant 'covid variant' News Network December 29, 2020 New Delhi, Dec 29: The samples of six UK returnees in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune have been found to be positive with the new variant genome, the central government said on Tuesday, adding that they have been kept in a single-room-isolation in designated healthcare facilities. The British government had recently announced that the newly identified strain of the virus found in their population is up to 70 per cent more transmissible. This had prompted the Indian authorities to suspend...

6 UK returnees' samples in India carry mutant Covid-19 variant Tuesday, December 29, 2020 IWK Bureau The samples of six UK returnees in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune have been found to be positive with the new variant genome, the central government said on Tuesday, adding that they have been kept in a single-room-isolation in designated healthcare facilities. The British government had recently announced that the newly identified strain of the virus found in their population is up to 70 per cent more transmissible. This had prompted the Indian authorities to suspend flights to...

Highlights The circular amended the SOP issued for dealing with passengers arriving from these regions The order has come following the detection of a new variant of coronavirus in the UK New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Thursday (December 24) released a new guideline for travelers coming from South Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The fresh circular said that these passengers will not be subjected to RT- PCR test for coronavirus immediately upon arrival. The circular amended the Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) issued for dealing with passengers arriving from these regions on Dec...

1-MIN READ Maharashtra Amends Covid-19 Rules for UK Passengers, Asymptomatic Ones Won't Be Tested on Arrival An airport staff member pushes trolleys at the entrance of Mumbai's airport. (REUTERS file photo) Seven-day institutional quarantine has been made mandatory for asymptomatic passengers arriving from Europe, South Africa and the Middle-East. Symptomatic passengers are immediately shifted to designated hospitals. The circular said that no RT-PCR test will be conducted on arrival for asymptomatic passengers. FOLLOW US ON: Mumbai: Passengers arriving from Europe, South Africa and the Middl...

COVID-19 outbreak: Authorities race to trace, isolate UK returnees; new coronavirus strain found in Nigeria As per the Centre's SOPs issued on Tuesday, passengers coming from the UK should undergo RT-PCR test and be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility if found positive FP Staff December 25, 2020 00:01:03 IST A health worker collects sample for COVID-19 test at a KSRTC bus stand in Bengaluru. PTI Health authorities in Africa on Thursday said that yet ...