New coronavirus strain: Govt issues SOPs for UK flyers; separate isolation for those with mutant strain
Health Ministry has issued SOPs for those who have travelled to India from Britain from November 25. Check details.
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Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 03:26 PM IST
The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing threat all around the globe since March 2020 but even the end of the year got more complicated as a new mutant has been discovered in the United Kingdom. The UK believes there are still too many unknowns when it comes to this mutated version of coronavirus.
The new strain is named VUI-202012/01 (the first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020), also known as lineage B.1.1.7, and is defined by a set of 17 changes or mutations.
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