As part of the surveillance strategy at work, all passengers who came from UK between December 21 to 23 have been tested for Covid-19 at airports and passengers who report negative are allowed to exit. On Saturday, the NTF deliberated on aspects related to current National Treatment Protocol, testing strategy and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 vis-à-vis the UK variant strain. The meeting was convened by ICMR under co-chairpersonship of Vinod Paul, member, Niti Aayog, and ICMR director general Balram Bhargava. NTF concluded that there is no need to change existing treatment protocol in view of mutations emerging in the strain. It was also emphasised at the meet that since the UK variant strain is implicated to cause increased transmissibility of virus, it is critical to identify individuals infected with this strain and adequately contain them to prevent its transmission in India.