New Covid strain case rises to 90 in India

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• Jan 9, 2021 | moderator

New Delhi: The number of persons infected by the new covid strain from the United Kingdom has touched 90 in India, as said by the Health Ministry.

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All the infected persons have been kept in single-room isolated wards at designated healthcare facilities in their respective states. Close contacts of all the infected persons have been traced and genome sequencing on other specimens are underway as reported by the health minister earlier.

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Apart from India, the new covid strain of coronavirus has been reported by several countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.