New Covid-19 strain: Govt issues SOPs for people coming from UK

| Dec 22, 2020, 04:23:00 PM | Times Now
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The government has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for people who have recently came back to India after visiting the United Kingdom. The SOPs were issued after detection of new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in northwestern Europe. Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog said, 'The new strain of COVID19 in the United Kingdom has increased transmissibility. This mutation is not affecting the severity of the disease. Case fatality is not affected by this mutation. There is no cause for concern, no need to panic, as for now We need to stay vigilant.'

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