Tag: Uk 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, […]

Bhubaneswar: Three cases of the mutant UK variant of Covid-19 virus infection have been detected in Odisha, a top Central body disclosed on Wednesday. Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) SK Singh said that the three cases from Odisha were among the 736 cases of the UK variant strain detected across the […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid concerns following the disclosures made by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday about the discovery of UK variant of covid-19 virus in Odisha, the clarifications made by the Institute of Life Science (ILS), Bhubaneswar on Thursday brought some succour. ILS Director, Dr. Ajay Parida said that persons carrying the mutant […]