Dominance of UK and Maharashtra Covid-19 variant behind Karnataka surge, finds study

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To conclude, Ravi said that no variant can penetrate the face mask and if people should abide by Covid-19 appropriate behaviour. (Representative image) Amidst the rising number of cases in Karnataka, the genome sequencing of Covid-19 positive samples has revealed that the double mutant Maharashtra strain (B.1.617) and UK variant (B.1.1.7) have emerged as the … Read more

Karnataka says 3 UK returnees with new Covid-19 strain and their contacts are isolated

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Bengaluru: Karnataka health department has isolated all three persons from the state who found Covid-19 positive with the new UK variant genome and has traced and tested their contacts, health minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday. “Twenty six of 1,614 UK returnees are Covid positive of which the virus strain of three people matches with … Read more