Has the new strain of COVID-19 entered India too ?, find out what the Kerala Health Minister said

New Delhi, Saturday 26 December 2020

Research by the health department in Kozhikode, Kerala, has shown a slight change in the new strain of the corona virus, Kerala Health Minister KK Selja said. "Certainly we are now conducting research in all districts of Kerala," he said. Not like

At least eight people returning to Kerala from Britain have been found infected in the past one week, with samples being sent to the Pune-based National Institute for Virology for further testing to see if they are infected with the new strain, state health minister KK Shailaja said. Is.

"We have seen some variations in the virus here as well, but it would be an exaggeration to say that it is as contagious as Britain's strain," he said.

A research conducted by the health department in Kozhikode shows a slight change in the strain of the virus. To be sure, we are conducting this research in all districts of Kerala. This strain is not like the one found in UK: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja https://t.co/4aVKB3lPjE

- ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2020