India records 9 more cases of new UK virus

▴ India records 9 more cases of new UK virus
The UK strain in India is well under control

More people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the country have been found to be infected with the new mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

With this, the number of people infected with the new UK virus in India has reached 38. The city government has announced that the vaccine will be provided to people in Delhi for free-of-cost.Covid-19 vaccination in Delhi: Over 500 centres in phase-1, the facility is being set up for 2-8 deg C storage.

Of the 38 cases of the mutated strain of Covid-19, 10 have been detected at NIMHANS in Bengaluru, eight in NCDC Delhi, five in National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune, three in CCMB Hyderabad, 11 in Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) New Delhi, and one case at NIBMG Kalyani.

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Tags : #UKVirusStrain #NationalInstituteofVirology #CCMBHyderabad #CCMB #NIBMG #NIMHANS #NimhansBengaluru

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