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Amid Mutant Strain Fears, Experts Call For Genome Tests On "War-Footing"
800 to 900 samples from Maharashtra and Kerala - two of the five states that have seen a rise in coronavirus cases in the recent days - have been sent for genome sequencing in the last one month, top sources in the Union Health Ministry said. This comes amid fear of the mutant strains of the virus.
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Increase Tests, Monitor Variants: Centre To 6 States Amid Covid Surge
Amid a spike in daily new cases of COVID-19 in some states including Maharashtra and Kerala, the Centre has advised them to increase the proportion of RT-PCR tests and regularly monitor mutant strains besides refocusing on strict surveillance and stringent containment in selected districts.
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6 New Cases Of UK Mutant Strain In India, Total 96 Cases So Far
The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India has climbed to 96, the health ministry said on Monday.
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Air India Flight With 246 From UK Lands In Delhi Amid New Strain Worry
An Air India flight from UK has landed in Delhi with 246 passengerson board amid concerns about a mutant fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus that emerged in Britain.
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Coronavirus News Highlights: Delhi Announces 7-Day Mandatory Institutional Quarantine For Those Arriving From UK
Travellers coming to Delhi from the United Kingdom will have to undergo a seven-day institutional quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal announced on Friday, tightening protocols to "protect Delhiites" from the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2.
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6 Cases Of UK Mutant Virus In Kerala For 1st Time, More In Other States
Kerala today reported six cases of the mutant coronavirus strain that was first confirmed in the UK. All six who have tested positive had returned from the UK after December 14, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja told reporters.
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4 Who Returned To Gujarat From UK Found To Have New COVID-19 Strain
Four people who recently returned to Gujarat from the United Kingdom (UK) have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, a top state health department official said today.
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Bengaluru Apartment Complex "Shut Down" After 2 UK Virus Cases Detected
An apartment complex in Bengaluru has been "closed down" after two residents - a mother and her daughter - tested positive for the mutated strain of the coronavirus that was first detected in the United Kingdom three months ago
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100 UK Travellers Yet To Be Traced, Pune Civic Body's Appeal For Help
As India steps up testing to contain the spread of a new mutant strain of coronavirus, first found in the United Kingdom in September, Pune's civic body has put out a video appeal to trace over 100 travellers who returned from the UK before December 22.
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20 Cases Of UK Coronavirus Strain As India Steps Up Testing
Fourteen fresh cases of new mutant coronavirus strain - first reported in the United Kingdom in September - have been reported in India, the government said this morning, a day after the country recorded first six patients infected with the new strain.
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Amid Mutant Strain Fears, Experts Call For Genome Tests On "War-Footing"
800 to 900 samples from Maharashtra and Kerala - two of the five states that have seen a rise in coronavirus cases in the recent days - have been sent for genome sequencing in the last one month, top sources in the Union Health Ministry said. This comes amid fear of the mutant strains of the virus.
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Increase Tests, Monitor Variants: Centre To 6 States Amid Covid Surge
Amid a spike in daily new cases of COVID-19 in some states including Maharashtra and Kerala, the Centre has advised them to increase the proportion of RT-PCR tests and regularly monitor mutant strains besides refocusing on strict surveillance and stringent containment in selected districts.
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6 New Cases Of UK Mutant Strain In India, Total 96 Cases So Far
The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India has climbed to 96, the health ministry said on Monday.
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Air India Flight With 246 From UK Lands In Delhi Amid New Strain Worry
An Air India flight from UK has landed in Delhi with 246 passengerson board amid concerns about a mutant fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus that emerged in Britain.
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Coronavirus News Highlights: Delhi Announces 7-Day Mandatory Institutional Quarantine For Those Arriving From UK
Travellers coming to Delhi from the United Kingdom will have to undergo a seven-day institutional quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal announced on Friday, tightening protocols to "protect Delhiites" from the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2.
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6 Cases Of UK Mutant Virus In Kerala For 1st Time, More In Other States
Kerala today reported six cases of the mutant coronavirus strain that was first confirmed in the UK. All six who have tested positive had returned from the UK after December 14, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja told reporters.
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4 Who Returned To Gujarat From UK Found To Have New COVID-19 Strain
Four people who recently returned to Gujarat from the United Kingdom (UK) have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, a top state health department official said today.
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Bengaluru Apartment Complex "Shut Down" After 2 UK Virus Cases Detected
An apartment complex in Bengaluru has been "closed down" after two residents - a mother and her daughter - tested positive for the mutated strain of the coronavirus that was first detected in the United Kingdom three months ago
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100 UK Travellers Yet To Be Traced, Pune Civic Body's Appeal For Help
As India steps up testing to contain the spread of a new mutant strain of coronavirus, first found in the United Kingdom in September, Pune's civic body has put out a video appeal to trace over 100 travellers who returned from the UK before December 22.
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20 Cases Of UK Coronavirus Strain As India Steps Up Testing
Fourteen fresh cases of new mutant coronavirus strain - first reported in the United Kingdom in September - have been reported in India, the government said this morning, a day after the country recorded first six patients infected with the new strain.
