The latest data, posted by Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Flu Data (GISAID) on the variants of novel coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, shows that B.1.617 represented in about 50% cases registered during March, while B.1.1.7 showed up in about 10% cases. The percentage of N440K came down to less than 10% from the peak of about 70% in February. At the same time, the presence of B.1 lineage went up to around 10 or 12% during March.
Major variants like B.1.1.7, B.1 and N440K were also noticed in significant numbers. Other variants in circulation since March 2020 made up 10%.
Commenting on the decline of N440K variant in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, former CCMB director Dr Rakesh Kumar Mishra said: “The N440K variant is diminishing and likely to disappear soon”.
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NEW DELHI: The South African and Brazilian mutant strains of coronavirus have entered the country, apart from the UK variant reported in 187 people so far.
Four persons were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India in January, while one tested positive for the Brazil variant in the first week of February, said Balram Bhargava, director general of Indian Council of Medical Research, on Tuesday.
All five have been quarantined. The South Africa strain has been detected in four returnees one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January, Bhargava said. “The ICMRNIV is attempting to isolate and culture the SA variant strain from samples of these four returnees,” he said.
New Covid strain: India s count of UK virus variant cases rises to 165, says govt
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The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of Covid-19 in India has climbed to 165, the government announced on Thursday.
This comes as Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of a Covid-19 vaccine, today said that their product is effective against the coronavirus variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
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New Covid strain in India: 150 people infected with UK virus variant, says govt
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The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of coronavirus in India has climbed to 150, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The total number of persons found infected with the UK strain of COVID-19 is 150, the ministry said.
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All of them have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by the respective state governments, the ministry had earlier said.
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Ninety-six people in the country have so far contracted the new strain of Covid-19, which was first detected in the United Kingdom in September, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The total number of persons found infected with the mutant UK strain of COVID-19 is 96, the ministry said.
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Six of these cases of the mutant strain - believed to be more infectious - are new, the Health Ministry data shows.