India Has Confirmed Six Cases Of The New Covid Variant in UK arrivals

India Has Confirmed Six Cases Of The New Covid Variant in UK arrivals.

India has reportedly found six people who returned from Britain in recent weeks infected with a more infectious strain of the coronavirus that has prompted a wave of panic and border closures around the world.

All six of the patients have been put in isolation, the health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 29, adding that their fellow travellers are being sought. “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 about 33,000 passengers had flown in from late November before the ban came into place, the ministry said.

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 said. India on Tuesday reported 16,432 new cases of the virus, taking its total up to 10.22 million confirmed infections and 148,153 deaths.

The country has the second-highest infection rate in the world, behind only the United States. Health authorities expect to embark on a vaccination drive for some 300 million people early next month.

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