Bangladesh Finds 80% Indian Variant In New Infections
Community transmission found, experts call for monitoring of border districts with India. A new research in Bangladesh has found 80% Indian variant in the latest genome sequencing of COVID-19 samples with evidence of community transmission.
The government s disease control and research institute collected and analyzed 50 samples from across the country, including border districts and capital Dhaka, since May 16.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi) conducted the genome sequencing and identified unknown variant .
The research also found 40 out of the total 50 cases as Delta variant, known as Indian variant. And, among the samples collected, 14 people (35% of the total samples) infected did not visit India or any other country and did not come in contact with people wit
The numbers of coronavirus infection cases and deaths have increased in the bordering districts in the last few days as the Indian variant of the virus has spread in the country. A report of Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said the number of coronavirus infection
Government research confirmed community transmission of the Delta variant, popularly known as Indian variant, in the country and it also found one unidentified variant of coronavirus.
The Delta variant was dominating the coronavirus transmission in the country as 40 of the 50 samples tested turned out to be the Indian variant.
Since the first case of Indian variant was detected in the country on May 8, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research and Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi) has completed genome sequencing of 50 samples of coronavirus.
Among the Delta variant infected patients, 14 had not gone abroad and did not come in contact with people with travel history.
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