Odisha: 7 UK Returnees Test COVID-19 Positive, No Detection Of New Mutant Strain

Bhubaneswar: In a big relief, State health department Thursday informed that the new strain of mutant COVID-19 has not been detected in any of the samples sent for genome sequencing. Senior officials said around 204 swab samples were collected from UK returnees and their contacts and were sent for testing as per the protocol. However, […]

No Mutant COVID Strain Detected In Odisha; 7 UK Returnees Test Positive For Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: In a big relief, State health department Thursday informed that the new strain of mutant COVID-19 has not been detected in any of the samples sent for genome sequencing.

Senior officials said around 204 swab samples were collected from UK returnees and their contacts and were sent for testing as per the protocol. However, the new mutated strain was not detected.