Updated Jan 09, 2021 | 10:01 IST
The three people from PCMC who tested positive for the fresh variant have returned from UK. All the 11 UK strain patients have been isolated. Three UK returnees test positive in Pune, no positive contacts yet among tracked | Photo Credit: IANS
Pune: Three people from Pimpri-Chinchwad tested positive for the fresh variant of Covid.
The three people from PCMC who tested positive for the fresh variant have returned from UK. Health officials told the Hindustan Times, “We have traced their contacts. No other person who came in contact with them has tested positive so far.”
All the 11 UK strain patients in the district and have been kept in single room isolation in designated centres according to the centre’s order. The fresh variant of Covid was first found in UK and is touted to be 70% more contagious than the existing one.