UK strain of COVID-19 found in Rajasthan: State govt
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 03:11 PM IST
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Synopsis We had sent samples for genome sequencing. In the samples, UK strain was found. the line of treatment may be updated accordingly, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said.
The state has reported a total of 7,89,274 COVID cases.
The UK strain of COVID-19 has been found in the samples sent from Rajasthan for genome sequencing, the state government said on Wednesday According to the state s Health Minister Raghu Sharma, the reports were received a couple of days back. We had sent samples for genome sequencing. In the samples, UK strain was found, Sharma said.
The most important lacunae are how the new variants will affect the course of the pandemic, says Dr Ganguly, who is the principal scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (Kolkata).
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Senior immunologist Dr. Dipyaman Ganguly, principal scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata, has seen some encouraging signs. Few cases of reinfection and effectiveness of therapy using immunosuppressants are some of those. He prescribes a combination of personal commitments and policy-level commitments in addition to mass vaccination in order to reduce the pandemic to a manageable proportion. Excerpts.
Q: So far, what have we understood about our immune response to the SARS CoV 2, and what remains to be understood?
A: We could gather quite a bit of information from the earlier stints of the pandemic in 2020. But I must say the disease caused by the coronavirus is too enigmatic to be confident that we know everything about it by now. The most important lacunae are how the new variants will affect the course of the pandemic. It was clear from the very beginning that the virus is going to be a menace for humanity for a long time in the fu
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RANCHI: The Jharkhand health department on Wednesday confirmed the presence of the UK mutant and double variant strain of the coronavirus. According to an official press release, out of 52 samples sent for genome sequencing to the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, nine were found to have the UK mutant strain and four with the double mutant.
The official release added that out of the nine samples found with the UK mutant strain, eight were from Ranchi while one was from East Singhbhum. Amid the four double mutant strains, three were from Ranchi and one sample was from East Singhbum.