New Delhi, 29th December: India reports six cases of the new coronavirus strain found in the UK.
Baaghi TV: India has detected the new variant of COVID-19 that had reportedly emerged from Britain in six people who returned from the UK in recent weeks.
India’s health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, all six patients have been kept in isolation and their fellow travellers were being traced to ensure the virus does not spread.
“Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine,” the ministry said.
India has suspended all flights from Britain until the end of the month but the ministry reported that an estimated 33,000 passengers had flown in from the UK late November, before the ban.
Of those arrivals, 114 people were found positive for the coronavirus and their samples were being checked for the new variant, which has been detected across parts of Europe and Asia, the ministry informed.
With 10.22 million confirm cases, India has the second-highest caseload in the world, after the United States. However, on Tuesday it reported 16,432 new cases, the lowest daily rise since June 25.
According to the ministry’s data, more than 148,150 people have died of COVID-19 in India.
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