India reports six cases of new UK variant of coronavirus
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29 December, 2020, 10:45 am
Last modified: 29 December, 2020, 11:40 am
General view shows a deserted national highway during a 14-hour long curfew to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country, in New Delhi, India, March 22, 2020/ Reuters
Indian health authorities said on Tuesday they had found six people who had returned from Britain in recent weeks positive for the new more infectious strain of the coronavirus.
All six patients have been kept in isolation, India's health ministry said in a statement. "Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine," the statement said.
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