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  Telangana on High Alert! 279 UK returnees untraceable, 184 gave wrong addresses, phone numbers

  India | December 27, 2020 13:18 IST

  So far, 59 new cases has been recorded, taking the number of covid infections in passengers back from Britain rose to 119 nationwide since last Sunday.

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  Back from UK, 8 test Covid positive for Covid, 1 missing in UP

  India | December 27, 2020 10:48 IST

  Even though the strain of the virus is yet to be identified, the state government is not taking any chances.

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  New UK strain threat: India to begin genome sequencing of genes of 5% Covid +ve samples

  India | December 27, 2020 8:37 IST

  The National Task Force on Covid-19 has recommended that as part of “prospective surveillance”, 5% of positive cases from all states and UTs be tested for whole-genome sequencing to check for the presence of the “UK strain” that is seen to have a higher degree of infectiousness.

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  UK returnee tests positive for COVID-19 in Tripura

  India | December 27, 2020 8:27 IST

  He said the man's samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to check for the mutated strain of the coronavirus.

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  Coronavirus New Strain: 2 more UK returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Delhi; total 21

  India | December 27, 2020 7:44 IST

  With this, the number of people testing positive for the disease after returning from the UK has gone up to 21 in the national capital. All of them returned from the UK after November 25.

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  8 UK returnees to Kerala test positive; samples sent to NIV, Pune

  India | December 26, 2020 13:10 IST

  Health Minister K K Shailaja said on Saturday that samples of eight returnees were found positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent to NIV for further tests.

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  Maharashtra: UK returnee tests COVID-19 positive in Aurangabad

  India | December 26, 2020 11:27 IST

  The authorities have received a list of total 44 passengers, who returned to Aurangabad from the UK, a district official said in a statement issued late on Friday night.

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  India records 22,273 new COVID cases in 24 hours, tally at 1.01 cr; active cases drop to 2.81 lakh

  India | December 26, 2020 9:59 IST

  The number of people who have recuperated from coronavirus touched 97,40,108 with 22,274 new discharges in the last 24 hours, while the country's death toll is now at 1,47,343.

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  10 UK returnees in Karnataka test Covid positive

  India | December 26, 2020 8:24 IST

  According to him, details relating to this second strain are still being deliberated and according to initial studies, another strain of this virus discovered in South Africa is far more severe than the one found in the UK.

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  New Covid variant: Maharashtra issues SOPs for passengers from Europe, South Africa, Middle-East

  India | December 24, 2020 17:41 IST

  According to the new guidelines issued, the state government said that the passengers will not be subjected to RT-PCR test for coronavirus immediately upon arrival.

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  New Covid strain: Goa to locate 602 people who arrived state from UK, UAE since Dec 9

  India | December 24, 2020 11:36 IST

  In the wake of detection of a new COVID-19 variant in the UK, Goa health authorities are trying to track down 602 people who arrived in the state from Britain and the UAE since December 9, an official said on Thursday. The maximum number of people who have arrived from these two places are expected to be in Cansualim area of South Goa district, predominantly a beach destination.

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  COVID-19 positive Nagpur man with UK travel history suspected of carrying new strain

  India | December 24, 2020 10:33 IST

  A 28-year-old man in Nagpur, who tested positive for COVID-19 on December 15, is suspected of carrying the new strain of COVID-19 found in the United Kingdom. As per Dr Avinash Gawande, Superintendent, Government Medical College Nagpur, the patient, who returned from the UK on November 29, was tested at the airport on arrival but was found COVID-19 negative at the time.

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  New Coronavirus Strain: BMC to trace all UK returnees of last 1 month

  India | December 24, 2020 10:09 IST

  The new strain of COVID-19 found in Britain is reported to be spreading rapidly and is said to be highly infectious.

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  India's coronavirus caseload rises to 1.01 crore with 24,712 fresh cases in 24 hours

  India | December 24, 2020 9:57 IST

  The total active cases in the country stand at 2,83,849 which comprises 2.80 % of the total caseload, the data stated. The total discharged cases stand at 96,93,173 with 29,791 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

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  New Covid strain: Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant found in UK

  World | December 24, 2020 8:02 IST

  Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom. The strain was found among 31 cases from Europe, who arrived in Singapore between Nov. 17 and Dec. 17 and were confirmed to have COVID-19 this month.

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  UK coronavirus strain: Britain returnee tests COVID-19 positive in Odisha

  India | December 24, 2020 7:59 IST

  The man returned to the state on December 18 amid concerns over the detection of a mutated and more infectious strain of COVID-19 in the European country, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner P C Chaudhury said.

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  At least 24 passengers from UK test Covid positive in India

  India | December 23, 2020 14:37 IST

  The United Kingdom is hit by new coronavirus strain, prompting many countries including India to shut the operations of flights.

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  New COVID-19 variant: AstraZeneca says its vaccine is effective, likely to get approved in India

  India | December 23, 2020 12:01 IST

  British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said that it's Covid-19 vaccine should be effective against the new coronavirus variant and added that studies were under way to fully probe the impact of the mutation.

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  UK strain unlikely to affect efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, warn against more mutation

  Science | December 22, 2020 18:56 IST

  The faster-spreading coronavirus strain first detected in the UK is unlikely to make vaccines less effective as of now but the preventives may need to be appropriately altered if more mutations occur over time, say scientists.

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  UK coronavirus strain: London returnee's sample to go to NIV for genomic analysis

  India | December 22, 2020 18:00 IST

  A passenger who arrived in Chennai from London via Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus and genomes from his sample would be analysed to see if it matched with the new strain of the pathogen detected in the United Kingdom, a senior official said on Tuesday.