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Seven-day institutional quarantine for travellers arriving in Delhi from UK: Kejriwal

India | Jan 08, 2021, 03:19 PM IST

Travellers coming from the UK to the national capital will have to undergo a seven-day institutional quarantine and a seven-day home quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19 on arrival, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday.

82 in India detected with new UK mutant coronavirus strain

India | Jan 08, 2021, 01:42 PM IST

The Central government on Friday said that a total of 82 persons have been detected with the new 'more transmissible' UK coronavirus mutant strain.

Coronavirus Mutant Strain: What will 2021 bring?

News | Dec 28, 2020, 02:03 PM IST

The new strain of the virus, which "maybe up to 70 per cent more transmissible," has triggered travel restrictions on Britain and sounded a fresh alarm on Covid-19 which is known to have infected about 80 million people and caused over 1.7 million deaths worldwide.